Carriers and Bridges

So today update is has got me 10 more models painted for this year.

First up, we have 9 Universal Carriers for my Desert British. These are the new plastic Battlefront kit, and have gone together really well. I've very pleased with these, like most of the new Battlefront plastics they are of high quality and easy to build.

I've assembled two sets as basic carriers as I think I'm more likely to use them, and one set with the Boys AT rifle (which unfortunately compete with both armoured car choices, which I feel are both better).

Meanwhile I have also painted this Skytrex Assault Bridge as scenary. It was pretty easy to paint, with a limited palatte and coming as a single cast white metal item. It was also sharp and well cast with limited flash.

Gravel Wagon

So today's update is something for the railway. It started life as a cheap second hand pickup from a local railway show and looked like this.

This is a Hornby Railroad wagon (R1085), which often comes as part of their train sets. It's a bit basic, as well as being overly plastically and a bit too vivid yellow for my taste.

I spent an evening adding some contrast paint, black, brown wash and picking out some replacement boards. Contrast and wash were used for the bulk of the painting as I wanted to preserve the printed text on the orginal wagon, and yellow overpaints easily. I also added a gravel load (spare ballast) to the wagon using a piece of spare packing foam as a base.

It now looks like this, a significant improvement!

Panthers

This month, I've completed some german Panther tanks. These are Forged in Battle Minatures, and I've painted a HQ of 2 and a platoon of 4 Panthers. I have another 8 of these to paint at some point, but I've struggled to motivate to paint these, so I've moved on to painting something else for now.