As you can see I`m making sure my British 11th
Armoured have an answer to the Panzer Lehr
oncoming onslaught. M10`s with 17pdrs plus
a few extra bits including another Hellcat and
a Sexton.
The crews are still work in progress. Not long
until finished.
This is by far my favourite American tank destroyer,
its all about speed,speed and more speed.
60mph of speed to be exact with a 76mm cannon and
next to nothing armour. So its a serious case of fire
and run away. Plus you need to bring a hat as a roof is
not included !
Saying that is was cheap to make and could penetrate 88mm
of armour at 2000m,so look out Panzer IV`s.
This is Battlefront`s model and in my opinion the best 15mm
M18 on the market. Its in basic American markings(no individual
markings) and could be found stalking the Normandy countryside.
Enjoy 🙂
Some support weapons for my confident,trained
British Rifle Platoon. Only thing that troubled
me was the ammo coming from the Vickers to the
ammo feed guy next to him. I ended up having to
cut the ammo belt to get the fit just right and
its extremely fiddly, which means you are going
to get super glue stuck to your fingers. Apart
from that another quality bit of kit from
Battlefront. Saying that it doesn’t justify
your recent price rise especially in the light
of lots of other 15mm manufacturers now making
equally quality kits and way cheaper prices.
Click on any picture to enlarge 🙂
Oh also finished another two 6pdrs to add to my
anti tank bunch 🙂
Just got an email from the NOVA OCF raffle saying I
have won the Flames Of War army and KR Multicase 🙂
THE PANZER LEHR WESTERN FRONT ARMY:Raising funds for Wounded Warrior Project
This enormous WWI Flames of War army was created by Steve McCuen who joined forces with Eric FontaineÕs charityFacebook project. FoWÕs company, Battlefront, has been providing support, encouraging players to purchase raffle tickets. The FoW community has been responding with great enthusiasm. This is a ready for battle starter army like no other!
Best bit of luck I`ve had in ages.
I hope they raised a huge amount of money 🙂
Next stage was a coat of masonry paint over all
the styrene. This seals the styrene and gives a bit
of texture.
Just click on a picture to get a bigger image.
I followed up the masonry coat with a coat of brown
household paint. The brown will act as the base, earth
coat. Please note I get all my paints from my local DIY
store and they always have a shelf with reduced price paints
on them. Just imagine the amount of people who bring paint
back because its not the exact colour which is great for
modellers as it means bargain low price paint 🙂
You have probably noticed some ready made roads in the
photos. They are made by Fatfrank(ebay seller name) and I
have had them in a box for over a year ,just waiting to be
used on such a project. Saying that I`m not sure if they look
the part ?
Next I started adding scenic materials to build up the
countryside look. This is going to time so I will start
on the hedge bases first and then spread out.
As I mentioned early days with the scenic build up
but I have started.
More soon 🙂
I needed something to haul my anti tank guns
and the Loyd Carrier was the answer. These are
Battlefront models and very simple to paint up and
only needed a slight modification here and there just
so they didn’t all look exactly the same. I have added a
few extra troops as well. Once again its 11th Armoured
colours.
Click on a picture to get a bigger picture:
Cheap to make, easy and light to tow and quick
to set up. Whats more the 6pdr could penetrate 68mm
of armour at 1000 yards, so good enough to deal with
Panzer IV`s.
These are once again Battlefront models and as you can
see I have only managed to complete two so far. I also need
a command team to go with them.
Usually towed into battle by a Loyd carrier 🙂
Click on a picture to get a larger picture:
After reading up on the history of 11th Armoured
in Normandy it seems the artillery came to the rescue
of many allied units in combat and in some cases
literally were the difference between winning and
losing the fight. So bring on the Sextons and my
infantry will be forever more protected by a shield
of HE. One thing that I am still unsure about is
the nationality of the Sextons as 11th Armoured used
and requested artillery help from any and all batteries
available. So even thought they have 11th markings they
could quite easily be British or Canadian.
Click on pictures to enlarge:
Note the title of the post is the correct name but
everybody calls them Bren gun carriers 🙂
These beauties were used by the British and other
Commonwealth countries throughout WW2 and beyond. In general
terms they were too small, unreliable ,under powered,under
armoured and compared to the German counterpart hopelessly
out classed.
But hold on, because they were cheap and fast to build and
most importantly you could fix them with a hammer 🙂
The 3 below are Battlefront 15mm models with additional
stowage and extra troops. All 3 have Bren guns and one
has a Boys anti tank rifle(useless against most things).
Once again they are sporting 11th Armoured colours and
4th Battalion King`s Shropshire Light Infantry markings.
Click on an image to get a bigger picture 🙂
To put it bluntly these have been a royal pain in
the neck to do, literally. For the last two weeks I
have been unable to tip my head downwards, eaten all
the paracetamol and Ibufrufen stock in the UK and had
a sadistic physio therapist trying to rip my head from
my neck. I now paint in a very unusual and amusing
position. Anyway onto the rifle platoon.
Battlefront`s 15mm British Rifle Platoon(late)
gives you 37 metal figures including a Piat, a 3 inch
mortar and two Bren guns. Basic bases are provided as
usual.
I opted to use Vallejo paints instead of GW simply
because Vallejo have a very good range of WWII colours.
I use a variety of paints including P3,Vallejo and GW so
no extra costs. Saying all that there are GW paints in the
mix.
Couple of things that gave me problems apart from the neck
were a black base coat which makes its virtually impossible
to pick out details especially the webbing. Secondly I forgot
to add a bit of depth to the base so my men stood a bit
proud, but hopefully the gravel and static grass hides this ?
Lastly I wish I had added a few spare bits of equipment on
the ground, perhaps next time ?
Plus points, I love my new Noch puffer bottle and the
effect you get with it and I have taken a liking to Vallejo`s
Flat Earth colour 983. I have always used other colours for
earth but Vallejo`s seems to hit the spot for me 🙂
Click on a picky for a larger image 🙂
Sorry about the floating bases in the pictures. They are
still sitting on French out of currency coins for painting.
I`m thinking 4th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
or 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment to stick with
the 11th Armoured Division theme.
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