MallMiss

[sukhe_bator]

Wow, MP, that's beyond my skillset, but kudos to you for doing it... Etranger, I may just take you up on that...

[sukhe_bator]

After a considerable time I'm pondering further on this. I can probably cut off the limber box with crew and fashion a new one from greenstuff...

[sukhe_bator]

Some w.i.p. shots of the MallMiss improvised armoured train. A civilian carriage in Imperial Russian livery with improvised sandbag, boiler plate and cotton bale defences. The whole mounted on a chassis from a cut down 00 scale airfix wagon kit. When complete the Artillery OP on the roof will be flanked by 2 hard points with MG nests. Sentries are by Eureka 15s.
A second armour-plated coach along the same basic design is also in the carriage works, along with sundry flat and box wagons to be pressed into military use.
The Engine shed is also slowly taking shape... With a 200mm x 150mm footprint it is the largest 15mm building I have undertaken for a long time. Still to do... decorative stonework string courses, windows, 4 sets of double doors, interior struts on the roof and chimney stacks. The build is being designed to lift off entirely from the base which will be landscaped to hide the gaps.

[marianas_gamer]

Good to see you moving forward on this. Nice work!
LB

[sukhe_bator]

Anyone know where I could obtain early 1900s to WW1/RCW 15mm-20mm 1:100 to 1:120 scale naval guns on pedestal mounts? I'm looking to equip a blindirov improvised armoured train wagon with one or two.
I read that the Whites used them and the Russians produced 120mm (5.75"), 152mm (6") and 75mm (2.9") guns under licence from Canet, as well as 47mm Hotchkiss. Its the fact that they have all the breech mechanisms exposed with the open turret/gun shield that makes them tricky to model in 15mm. The longer smooth barrel looks very different from the clunkier field guns with compensator mechanisms etc.

I can fudge one with an open turret and hide the gubbins and crew by modelling a tarpaulin connecting the turret to the armoured sides (which i know they did do). It would be nice to model the open variety with naval ratings as gun crew...

[Etranger]

Try some of the naval model lines. They have 1/96 guns etc which might prove suitable. I've used them as a source for Oerlikons for my French Indochina project. eg https://www.model-dockyard.com/acatalog.html


Peter Pig have 'Naval' heads in their odds & sods to add to suitable gunners.

[sukhe_bator]

Try some of the naval model lines. They have 1/96 guns etc which might prove suitable. I've used them as a source for Oerlikons for my French Indochina project. eg https://www.model-dockyard.com/acatalog.html


Peter Pig have 'Naval' heads in their odds & sods to add to suitable gunners.

Thanks for the tip, I've tried 1:100 and 1:120 but didn't think to try 1:96! Doh!

[Costanzo]

I like your train.