PzIVs with their base coat

[Basementboy]

You don’t muck about do you?
It’d take me forever to crack on with all that- hats off to you

[Gunner Dunbar]

You don’t muck about do you?
It’d take me forever to crack on with all that- hats off to you

Cheers

Hi guys

10cm K18 Guns and Laffly S35t artillery tractors for the panzer artillery regiment 155, 21st PD finished, guns and trucks are 3D printed, crews are a mix of AB and Simon’s Soldiers, up next a couple of 15cm sFH 13 auf Lorraines and Artillery observer vehicles, after that I will finish off a few odds and ends, but I’m starting to think about what combat element I want to start next, what do you think I should do? tanks (PzIII/IVs) of the 1st Abt of the 22nd Pz regt, Sdkfz 250 half tracks of the Pz recon Abt 21, or the infantry of 2nd Abt (motorised) of the 125 Pz Gren Regt?
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/04/guns-for-panzer-artillery-regiment-155.html

[fred]

More rapid progress

I’d probably go for some tanks next

[Freddy]

That is an impressive artillery unit!

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

2 x 15cm sFH Lorraine SPGs and 2 x Lorraine artillery observer vehicles of the 155 Pz artillery regt finished, these guns will be attached to the 192nd mechanised Pz Grenadier battalion.

I have decided to do the Panzers of the 22nd Panzer regt next, despite being well know as a 3D printer, I have a background as a plastic modeller and have quite a large stash of 1/72 kits, not sure how many exactly, but it would have to be 600+, a lot of really nice kits, and it’s a shame to leave them unbuilt, so I have decided to use plastics for these Pz IVs, after spending an hour or so going through the stash I’ve found 4 x Revell Pz IVHs and a Hasegawa Pz IVH unbuilt, and these 5 shelf queens, 2 x Italeri Hs, 2 x PSC Hs and a PSC D/C, I had forgotten about these 5 shelf queens, built maybe 15 years ago, I need 9 x Pz IVHs and a Pz IIIL (I have a built one ready to go) for my plans, so it’s actually a perfect number, I was going to do the vehicles of the 1st company, 1st battalion, however the turret numbers of the shelf queens are for the 3rd and 5th company. The turret numbers should also be yellow, also I need to replace the lost commanders hatches on the Italeri kits, and add turret skirts to the PSC kits, so I’m left with the question do I try to save the paint jobs of these, or strip them and start over? I quite like the paint jobs they have, especially the PSC kits, but they will look weird if I make turret skirts and paint those separately, then there’s the Pz IV D/C, I’ve seen pics of a Pz IVC attributed to the 21st, I don’t know to much about that tank, and will have to research it, but it had a dark yellow and green camo scheme, so I’d have to repaint that one, I do have a couple of unbuilt mirage Pz IVDs I could use if I really want to add a short barrelled Pz IV, I’m also considering 3D printing the running gear for the Pz IVHs, building the running gear is the most time consuming part of a tank, so it may be a good compromise, and the details of the STL I have are quite nice and a big step up from the PSC tracks, lastly, there is a misconception that the 21st used French tanks during the battle of D-Day, but the 21st had been refitted with Pz IVs by D-Day, however, for interest and fun purposes I will be adding a couple of French tanks, maybe just an RPM H39 and a Somua S35 which I have plenty of.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/04/15cm-sfh-lorraines-finished.html

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

I have been quiet for a couple of weeks, as my families latest 1:1 3D print just finished in the form of my first grandchild, a little boy, pretty chuffed.

On the hobby front, a few years ago I printed a Laffly S45t, from an STL released by Jarlang on Thingyverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2499980 I appreciate his efforts however the file was designed for 1/100 and wasn’t very detailed at 1/72, I didn’t want to waste the original print, so I detailed it the old fashioned way, pics below, I can’t find any info on what recovery vehicles were used by the 21st, so I decided a French S45t would be cool in the role, however I didn’t want to use the old file, so I detailed it using CAD, I think it turned out pretty nice. Adding some picture showing the original print, the work I did on it, and the new print, of course I’ll need one for my French, so now I’m being distracted with the allure of going back to my French project.

I have also been slowly working on the PzIVs of the 22nd Pz Regt, I’ve almost completed the construction, just need to add the tracks and some crew figures then I’ll start the painting process.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/05/wip-laffly-s45t-and-pzivhs-for-22nd-pz.html

[scotty]

Your making rapid progress on this project

[Gunner Dunbar]

Hi guys

Western desert Brits and Italian Commission finished, this one took a little while as it was interrupted by the birth of my grandson, All markings are hand painted.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/05/western-desert-brits-and-italians.html

[Tom Dulski]

 Amazing work as usual.

[Freddy]

Wow, an impressive army again! I especially like the weathering on the tanks!

[Iain R]

Beautiful stuff, top work on that Caunter!

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

9 Pz IVG/Hs for the 22nd Pz Regt, 21st Pz Div ready for paint, there’s 2 x PSC, 2 x Italeri, 1 x Hasegawa, and 4 x Revel, these will all have side skirts, I will be making some French tanks for the 2nd battalion, I’ll start the painting on these this week.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/05/pz-iv-hs-22nd-pz-regt-21st-pz-div-ready.html

[Basementboy]

Very impressive

[Digits]

I’d love to know what beach you will be playing on when you get this lot on the “ table”! 😉

[CapnJim]

I haven't chimed in here in a while.  Foly Huck!  The quality and quantity of your output amazes me!  A hearty "Well done!" to ye...