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15mm Tiger Tank Competition

Posted: April 13, 2016 in 15mm, Battlefront, Flames Of War, Plastic Soldier, Wargaming, WW2, Zvezda
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The rules in a nutshell:

Look at the pictures below which contain 6, 15mm Tiger tanks from

Schwer SS Panzer Abt 101 driving down a Normandy road in 1944, made

by various manufactures. The Tigers have been painted, some are

slightly converted and camouflage has been added. So all 6 Tigers

are battle board ready.

Your job is to identify which tank belongs to which manufacturer,
simple ?

All you have to do is post your guess to be entered into the competition. You
must identify the maker of tanks. Each tank has a 3 figure number on the turret
and below it to identify it. You must match the tank number to one of the six
manufacturers listed below.

  1. Zvezda.
  2. Battlefront.
  3. Forged In Battle.
  4. Peter Pig.
  5. Skytrex.
  6. Plastic Soldier Company.

The competition will stay open until the end of June and the winner will be judged by me. In
the case of a draw the names will be put into a hat and a winner drawn out. Only one guess
per person is allowed.

The winner will receive a Battlefront 15mm Tiger Tank.

The pictures:

Click on any picture to enlarge:

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Comp2

Comp3

Comp4

Comp5

Comp6

Comp7

Good luck everybody.

Over the hedge

Posted: April 11, 2016 in 15mm, Battlefront, Flames Of War, Terrain, Wargaming
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Been playing with hedges again and having lots of fun in the process.

My hedge is made from fish tank filter, wire and sea foam. There are also

a few other bits added for fine detail.

I have also been painting up a huge amount of German armour so seems ideal

to combine the two.

First up the hedge with vehicles hiding behind it :

Click on any picture to enlarge

Hedge2

The vehicles:

Hedge4

Hedge3

Hedge5

Hedge7

Hedge8

Hedge6

The proof those vehicles really were behind the hedge:

Hedge1

Finally another hedge close up :

Hedge10

Its no bocage hedge ,but more of a normal type.

Thanks for looking.

German Flak bunker 15mm

Posted: March 10, 2016 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Scratch Built, Terrain, Wargaming
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Some things take an age to complete and this is

a prime example. Its been in a box for over year

and I felt it was time to clear the backlog. Its

made by Cama models and the flak gun sitting in

the middle is a Forged In Battle 2cm Flak Vierling.

I scratch built the raised platform for the flak gun

to sit on(which was a common thing in real life) and

added a base for it all to sit on. There are a few other

scratch built bits on it as well.

Flak2

Flak3

Flak4

Flak5

Once again you could use it as an object marker or just

more terrain.

Flames Of War 15mm Object marker

Posted: March 10, 2016 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Scratch Built, Terrain, Wargaming
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I recently bought a few goodies at a local model

railway show and one in particular that caught my

eye was a used tower/mast in a box of spares. I am

not sure of the manufacturer but believe it could be

Marklin ? Anyway,a quick scratch built aerial was

added to the top and a few bits added to the base and

we now have a radio/aerial mast for our Germans to

guard. I also added a few coats of paint and rust in

various place. It can be used as an object marker or

just an extra bit of scenery.

A2

a3

Must go to more railway shows.

German 15mm PAK 40 testers.

Posted: January 28, 2016 in 15mm, Battlefront, Flames Of War, German, Wargaming
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Been playing around with basing anti tank guns and

wondered what you think of these bases ? Its aimed

to fit with a Normandy background. I think the walls

look a bit too pristine for my liking, perhaps something

a bit more crumbling ruin ?

Please ignore any static grass on the edge of the bases

as its just a tester.

Click on any picky to enlarge.

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12b

13c

14d

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Feedback is very welcome.

Tiger Terrain 15mm Normandy buildings

Posted: January 21, 2016 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Terrain, Wargaming
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I have had this stuff lying around the man

cave for some time now and as New Year resolution

I decided to work my way through the back log and

create some space.

First up is some simple but lovely back gardens made

by Tiger Terrain that fit nicely onto the back of

their terraced houses and shops. They would also fit

easily onto any other makers buildings as well. As

soon as I saw these gardens I had visions of ” A

Bridge To Far” and paras jumping gardens in Arnhem.

Tig1

Tig2

Tig3

Of a similar nature is this ruined house and

walled garden, once again by Tiger Terrain.

Plenty of room in the ruin house for troops, a pak

gun or even a tank. The walled garden just adds

a little extra dimension.

Tig4

Tig5

Tig6

For more information follow the link to
Tiger Terrain.

January Workbench so far……

Posted: January 18, 2016 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Painting, Terrain, Uncategorized, Wargaming
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Just so you know, I am still madly modelling

and the work is already building up.

Some finished pieces as of late include a stack

of 15mm field gates, some grave stones and a pile

of sand bags. All made by Loic Neveu.

ace 3

ace 4

ace 2

ace1

ace 5

More stuff coming soon.

Painting tutorial and thanks.

Posted: January 6, 2016 in 15mm, 28mm, Flames Of War, Painting, Terrain, Tutorial, WW2
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You might of noticed that my previous post called,

“More completed Loic Neveu 15mm terrain” had a hint

of something more to come ? Well about 3 months ago

I noticed that I had been using a large amount of useful

information(tutorials and painting guides) from a few select

blogs and websites. One particular site I am very fond of is

Modeldads and as a way of saying thank you for all the

excellent posts on that site I decided to give something back

in the way of a painting tutorial for the Loic Neveu 15mm building

pictured below.

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So happy Christmas modeldads and thank you Justin for allowing

me to contribute to your fantastic site.

Please check out the tutorial and the other great posts

on modeldads.

The end of the year round up.

Posted: December 14, 2015 in 15mm, 28mm, Flames Of War, Infinity, Reviews, Terrain, Wargaming
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Its not 2016 yet I hear you say ! Well, who cares I have

downed tools for this year and decided to look back at

what I managed to get completed.

Here is the quick list:

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me:

12 Normandy terrain boards.
11 Backdrops.
10 Curved walls.
9 Normandy houses.
8 Model trees.
7 Horsehair hedges.
6 Stained glass windows.
5 Tutorials.
4 Ruined houses.
3 Infinity Order Sgts.
2 Normandy Tigers.
1 and a Bergepanzer in a pair tree.

Ok enough of the gags just check the pictures

out and see for yourself.

Just click on a picture to enlarge.

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Normandy Tiger

Normandy Tiger


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Farm house 4
Norm1
Norm6
Norm5
Shops1
Normvil15
Normvil50
Farm1

Highlights of the year personally for me was getting those

Normandy terrain boards finally finished and really getting

my skills up to scratch on painting buildings. If I had to

choose just one thing from the whole year as my all time

favourite, it would be the Infinity Ice Diorama

picture which was so much fun to do.

Happy Christmas to everybody and may your New Year have

less models to paint than what I have planned.

Oh finally aims for next year ? Well I aim to do a lot

more dioramas and I must get that Infinity terrain finished.

More completed Loic Neveu 15mm terrain.

Posted: December 12, 2015 in 15mm, Flames Of War, Painting, Terrain, Wargaming
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More details to come on this project a little bit later

in the day but another Loic Neveu master piece which

was a real joy to paint. Enjoy the pictures.

Just click on a picture to enlarge

Ruin1

Ruin2

Ruin3

Ruin4

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