Not a lot of wargaming of note lately for me. Always piddling about on this project or that, but nothing write home blog about.
Did do up a couple of Waffenkammer resin tanks included for me in an order by WillB [link to company]. I added a late war T-34 to go against any German Kitties (Panthers or Tigers) others might have for a game of 'What a Tanker', or to be hunted by my German panzerfaust-armed lads.
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| T-34/85 with a 'Bad Squiddo' female driver (used as more 1:48 scale to the Warlord plastic infantry than the provided driver) She seems to be shaking her fist in defiance . |
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| But of course one just MUST do all the rust and weathering! Mind you I really don't think tanks lasted long enough to acquire such wear in reality. |
The other, a rather smaller R-35 in Italian employ for support of my Italian Camicie Nere/ Blackshirt militia contingent. A famous ‘charge’ of 12 of these caused consternation for the Americans at Gera in Sicily… for several minutes…..
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| The two man crewed R-35 with the supplied commander/gunloader/gunner having a seat outside ("unbuttoned") . He is attached by a magnet in his knee... |
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| ...to the internal magnet which allows me to remove him and.... |
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| ...manually close the hatch. I managed to drill a very small hole through the hatch's hinge to allow a thin piece of plastic rod - the type which is used to attach price tags to clothing - to be fed through and squeezed at both ends so gluing was not required. While not partial to resin, I do like the effect of it to portray the historically rough casting of the metal turret. |
This R-35 was inspired by the following images of the tanks engaged at Geta:
