Flaktastic ...

A nice selection of Flak guns,

• Quad 20mm on a half-track (Blitz 1/72 Sd.Kfz 7/1 2cm Quad AA & Trailer)
• Horch and 2cm Flak 38 (from Hobby Master)
• Steyr (made by Blitz), plus quad 20mm (made from Italeri gun set)

A closer look at the quad on the half track..

and the other quad ...

The crew for the single 20mm flak was made form some spare figs I had. I made the crews for the quads by converting a mix of a seated Dapol railway passenger and some Caeser partisans, using heads and arms from Valiant germans.

Stug. IIIs

A couple of Armorfast Stug IIIs finished ...

Scenic work in progress ...

Some trial railways sections for the gaming table. The first set is to go across the table. I had to start with a bridge over my river sections (still needs rest of bridge to be built) and plus a couple more pieces. I used starndard hornby track sections, on form board with a 3mm mdf base; the track has been ballasted on a self adhesive underlay. They look fine, so more to make to go lengthways on the table - then they'll all be painted and scenics added in one go.

Some buildings picked up at Exeter Toy&Train fair yesterday - a plastic kit provenance unknown and two resin buildings from the Scenix railway accessory range.

German Infantry

I've been busy working my way through my initial lot of German Infantry, organised along the lines of Rapid Fire. Here they are ...

[figs are a Mix of Valiant/Italeri, house is from Hornby Skaledlae range]

Pak40

Pak40 and Opel Blitz lorry made from Airfix kit, crew are converted Italeri Arika Koprs figs ..

On the move at last .. motorbikes, amoured cars ...

A collection of recce items finished, motorbikes, amoured cars and a section of infantry ...

Next up more infantry being made ready for painting and a Pak40.

Painting begins ....

Aha ! things have arrived on the painting table, a section of infantry (mostly Italeri with a couple of Valiant) and some recce bits and bobs (armoured car and k'wagon from Airfix)

While waiting for the primer to dry, I tried out a basing scheme for vehicles, some cardboard with doll's house grass on top, plus a bit of brown painted dabbed on. Seen here with an armoured car ..