1/72 Walrus - painted ...

I went for the simple pre-WW2 silver dope paint scheme (markings & decals to be added later... sometime ...); also useable for inter-war period (so could be used as piece in my adventure games).

The hand-crafted cockpit has come out reasonably well; in addition I made a short stand from a small lid and a wooden hibachi skewer.

1/72 Revell Walrus - WIP

I am working on a 1/72 Revell Walrus I picked up as an already started kit cheap off Ebay - the instructions, decals and cockpit glass piece were missing. Well it has been assembled (the struts for the engine are wrongly positioned, but look ok).

I have taken a bit off the bottom so it sits flat - ostensibly to represent it on water (with a weight in the nose). Currently making up the cockpit glass from clear plastic pieces.

I will be drilling a hole in the underside so that it can be put on a stand; it will mostly be used as a game backdrop/storyline item.

Getting on board ...

The painted accomodation ladder in use (with some ships crew)

Naval ship - making access steps... (WIP)

Technically I've been building a simple accommodation ladder, to allow for access to the ship from sea level by a launch or similar...

Its constructed from cardboard and wire; I've stiffened the cardboard in places by using a little superglue. Need to add something to fix it to the ship side better that a bit of blue-tak.

naval ship build - ready for action ...

Finished the naval ship....

A good coat of battleship grey and some faded brown for the decks. I used a black marker pen to add the portholes, and a fine black felt tipped pen to indicate the door hinges/handle.

I used the U-Boat crew in the pictures below, look good enough for the ship too

the ship is generic and loosely based on a German M35 class minesweeper and could be used for any navy of the period.

The Gun at Point du Boc ....

A section of commandos has landed at and joined with resistance fighters to knock out the gun at Point du Boc; the gun commands the approaches to Saint Marin which is to be raided by a larger commando force to destroy German invasion materials and landing barges...

---oXo---

The gun emplacement at 'Point du Boc'.....

 Approaching - the resistance fighters and the section of commandos....

 some of the resistance fighters are spotted by a motorbike patrol, which receives a spray of bullets - wounding the sidecar rider.. they turn round and head back to report ....

 A kubelwagon patrol coming down one of the roads is dealt with ....

 The motorbike patrol reports to the officer in charge ....

 The German troops rush out of their billets and start to deploy ....

 the commandos and resistance fighters deal with a another kubelwagon patrol as they work their way towards the right of the gun emplacement...

 the commandos move forward while some of the resistance fighters go to neutralise the pill box ...

 with the pill box neutralised and the anti-aircraft gun destroyed, the commandos edge forward under heavy lmg fire from the germans; meanwhile some of the resistance have worked their way round the germans other flank ...

 the attackers charge in firing ....

 the germans in the centre have been dealt with ....

 and the attack continues forward to the compound...

 grenades lobbed into the supplies set them alight; the germans fall back to the gun emplacement ....

 the  commandos and resistance fighters move in to finish them off and knock out the gun ....

mission accomplished 

naval ship build - WIP (5) - deck guns and mast...

in the final stages of the build now...

I made up two guns for the ships armament, using bits of plastic sprue and other bits + some cardboard. These have central wire spiggots so they can rotate.

main armament - front gun...

 rear gun ....

 mast added using a paintbrush handle and a spare plastic spar

few little bits to do, then it can be painted ....  😃

naval ship build - WIP (4) - front deck, portholes etc ...

continuing with the ship build...

started fixing things to the hull and superstructure; decided the front deck was too low and brought it a bit. Card used to add doors,  portholes from thick paper (using hole punch), gun mount position etc added to the front deck. Its starting to look like a ship now...

naval ship build - WIP (3) - starting to add features...

now the bits start going on ...

a funnel using an old paint container and some ventilators made from large straws

depth charges for rear deck (wood dowel, card and plasticard)...

naval ship build - WIP (2) - superstructure added ..

coming along, basic structures for the deck top made (not stuck in place yet)

naval ship build - WIP (1) the basic hull

for general use - a naval coastal vessel of sorts (gunboat/minesweeper)

I made up a core for the hull...approx 21inches long and about 4ins wide

 the hull core is built up of a base of thin cardboard + foamboard layers and a top of MDF

 the sides and deck surfaces were cut from cardboard

 and then sides stuck on ...

 the hull ready for fitting out ....

will add decks then superstructure etc ....

28mm U-Boat Crew

Finished the U-Boat crew, 6 figures for on-board on thin plastic bases

 and 12 man landing party....

Coastal ship - 28mm crew

a few figs painted up as crew for the coastal ship, also useful for around dockside etc

"We've got fish fingers for lunch again lads"

28mm U-boat crew - WIP

Working on some 28mm U-boat crew. I've used the set from Empress Miniatures and a couple of other figs from some other packs for the 'on boat crew'

for a landing party I've bought a selection of figs from Empress Miniatures which will be tweaked as needed (I may not use all of the ones shown below)...

Airfield control tower and concrete apron .....

Things do eventually get finished... the Airfix control tower has now been painted up ...

 I wanted a section of concrete apron for aircraft display and also for use for story lines and games. I had a spare piece of MDF 16" x 24" in size to use up, I managed to find a suitable concrete texture image online, tweaked it and printed out a few; cut and stuck to the MDF looks quite reasonable

taxi-ways and runway next ? maybe ....
storage space is the enemy of modeller's - I wish I had a Tardis . 😃