So, I've finished off my Jordanian Infantry Platoon. As you can no longer get the Battlefront Jordanian infantry blister in the UK, these are Forged in Battle early war British infantry. Most of the weapons are correct for 1967 (2" Light Mortar, Brens, although the Lee Enfield rifles would probably be Garands). I did have to convert the Boys AT Rifle figure into an M20 Super Bazooka figure however, which I'm quite pleased with.
So, a couple of bits for you today. Firstly the big guns, 4 SU-122 assault guns. These were made by an unknown manufacturer, and have come out well, considering the last set of these I painted had the paint flake off, due to the crap resin.
Secondly, I've scratch built and painted an Oil Rig for Team Yankee.
Next up, I'm putting together a batch of stuff for airbrushing so expect to see 1967-era Jordanians or Germans next.
So I've got some more stuff painted, this time 10 more T-34 tanks for my Soviets. I've also got the 85mm turrets done too.
Little more effort with the transfers this time, as I had to freehand the number 2 over most of them to bring the numbers into the 20s. Otherwise these were a standard soviet paint job.
I've built something more for the railway. This is the Superquick Goods Shed Kit, with some additional work. I've done:
- Painted the bare card edges.
- Added additional white brick internal coverage at the ends which the kit didn't cover.
Today's update is 4 SU-100s, bringing my total of these up to 10 (2 Platoons of 5). Enough for a Medium Self Propelled Artillery Company!
These are Battlefront's plastic SU-100 kit. They've been painted in my standard soviet scheme (green), which is fairly quick and easy to do.
Next up is probably more Soviets, in this case 10 more T-34s which are on the painting table at the moment.
For my collegue Allan's retirement I painted up two Roman Officers for his Roman Army. Now he's left, I can post them up!
These are from Warlord Games Hail Caesar range and can be found below.
So this week I have finish 4 KV-85s. These were the last development of the KV series of tanks, mounting an 85mm gun in an improved turret. Further development would lead to this turret being mounted on a new hull as the IS-1 tank.
These models were bought second hand and where from an unknown source. I'm not sure of the manufacturer (They could be eBay recasts) but the resin isn't great and they don't take paint well even with washing before priming. Also the gun barrels arn't great either and would benefit with being replaced at some point (I'm out of 85mm guns at the moment).
Even more annoyingly the KV-85 has been removed from Flames of War with V4. However I've painted the tanks up anyway (I have no other heavy tanks at present) and will probably use them as stand in IS-1s for the moment, hoping the KV-85 will be added back in at some point with a website article.
Due to all this I've gone for a simple paint scheme so they were at least a quick job!
