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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Iain R on 04 April 2021, 05:00:25 AM
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AKA Bungle in the Jungle.
Got a bit sidetracked from the Ardennes this weather. The only thing that's sparking any interest in me of late has been the Malayan campaign (and the associated falls of Hong Kong and Singapore). Rather than try to fight it, I decided to indulge it, in order to at least paint something...
This'll hopefully be quite a limited project at present, with a (currently) under-strength infantry platoon, supported by a couple of choice odds and sods.
Some AB Western Desert troops transferred to the eastern fringes of the Empire. Will probably need to get some more to make up gaps in the platoon HQ and weapons teams.
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This Zvezda 2pdr went together like a dream (aside from the sight not aligning with the corresponding gap in the gunshield, but I think that's on me, and I forsee some surgery required to get an AB gunner to sit in place...) the ACE Austin 8HP... not so much. To be honest I'd probably have been aswell whittling the parts from wood. Still, it's done now (though looking at some of those panel gaps, this was clearly a Friday afternoon completion at Longbridge...) Some work on the folded hood will be required to accommodate a rear seat passenger, and I'm still debating whether to glaze the windscreen seperately and attach it after painting, or do it just now and try to mask it carefully...
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(I am now looking with trepidation at the vast pile of ACE British staff cars I have amassed in the stash.)
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A nice start to the project. Will be following this with interest. Will you be using AB models for the Japanese as well?
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Nah, there are no AB Japanese. My usual opponent (hah!) already has a Japanese force (done with plastics); aimed more for late war Burma, but they'll do in a pinch for the sake of getting the dice rolling... as and whdn we're allowed.
I'll be doing a late war British force for Burma in the future.
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WIP on the test figure for the colour scheme, and coincidentally my first foray into painting AB Figures.
Quite happy with the overall colour scheme, not sure if I'll persevere with the blancoed webbing, though, as apparently it accelerated rotting of the webbing in the jungle climate, however, sources for the campaign seen to suggest examples of blancoed webbing, scrubbed webbing, painted webbing and untreated webbing. Between this and his peely-wally knees, he's clearly a recent arrival...
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Just need to crack on and actually paint some units now, individual figures do not a wargames army make...
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Nice start :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
I was looking at the ACE staff car kits but thought they were very expensive
What do you think are they worth it?
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Errr... suppose it depends how much you're paying for it? I got this one for less than £8 (and the hard top version for under £9, I think the bigger Humber ones are a couple of quid more). To be honest I don't feel that's mega pricey, the way I see it, they're subjects no one else makes, at least not in plastic, and for me I'm happier to pay a bit for the ease of working with a plastic kit (even a ropey one), over pissing about with resin or white metal.
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That’s a fine looking chap! Can’t go wrong with AB. What manufacturer are you going to use for the Japanese?
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Excellent project and an almost entirely overlooked theatre of operations. Dutch, colonial troops, Chinese (not in Malaya but within the general theatre) Aussies, Indians and Kiwis and I'm sure I've left some out. Looking forward to it and in THE right scale also.
What rules?
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Cheers guys!
That’s a fine looking chap! Can’t go wrong with AB. What manufacturer are you going to use for the Japanese?
My regular opponent has that particular issue to contend with. I think he has a load of old bendy plastics stashed away somewhere (we've been planning on doing Burma 44-45 for years now...) but he'd honestly prefer something better. There are a couple of options, but I think ideally we'll hold out for St. Tony to do a range!
Excellent project and an almost entirely overlooked theatre of operations. Dutch, colonial troops, Chinese (not in Malaya but within the general theatre) Aussies, Indians and Kiwis and I'm sure I've left some out. Looking forward to it and in THE right scale also.
What rules?
Yep, loads of different troop options to consider beyond just the Brits, I quite fancy doing some Indian troops with a mountain gun for support...
Intending to use Battlegroup (no specific supplement for early Far East yet, so I'm working of the existing books and historical OsOB to represent a plausible force).
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Eureka, Early War Miniatures and 1/72Scale all carry 20mm Japanese.
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So, where's this project sitting right now?
Current state of play has me with a small force to paint as follows-
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Forward HQ- Austin 8 staff car (figures to follow)
Under strength British infantry platoon
2 pounder anti-tank gun
Vickers MMG team
3" Mortar team
Boys Anti-tank Rifle team
...and that's pretty much as much as I want to do. I will do some crap air power in the form of a Brewster Buffalo and a Supermarine Walrus (conjectural for Hong Kong), and do quite fancy doing an Indian artillery team with a 3.7" mountain gun. I'm swithering about an Indian infantry section to bring the platoon to full strength, and potentially an ancient armoured car (Rolls Royce or Lanchester) and maybe a Universal Carrier or two (tremble at the armoured might of Malaya Command...)
The 2 pounder is actually the second one I've done for this project; I butchered the first one with a wash of Agrax Earthshade that went wrong (I had to dry something different, didn't I?). It was easier to just build another one than try to strip it. Crew are also underway off camera...
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Crap air power!
Fortuitously this auction ended on my break at work, and I was able to get a last minute bid in. Nostalgia beckons...
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I presume you are playing CoC?
Why do you need planes, scenery?
Can we get a closer picture of your staff car,
Did you manage to fit the AB gunner to the 2lbs?
I used the gunner that came with the kit and he was a nightmare!
As you said it was a lovely well engineered kit went together like a dream, even though I had been putting off building it for years.
But trying to fit the traverse wheel between the legs of the seated gunner was impossible.
keep up the good work :-* :-* :-*
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I presume you are playing CoC?
Why do you need planes, scenery?
Can we get a closer picture of your staff car,
Did you manage to fit the AB gunner to the 2lbs?
I used the gunner that came with the kit and he was a nightmare!
As you said it was a lovely well engineered kit went together like a dream, even though I had been putting off building it for years.
But trying to fit the traverse wheel between the legs of the seated gunner was impossible.
keep up the good work :-* :-* :-*
Cheers.
No, not for CoC (Chain of Command, I'm guessing?) intended for Battlegroup, which is an all-arms encompassing ruleset, allows you to get esoteric stuff like engineers, logistics, aircraft, etc on the table, so will be a on-board representation of air support in play.
I'll get a couple of close-ups of the staff car tomorrow.
AB gunner fits fine, however you need to leave off the elevation and traverse wheels to slot him into place. I'd imagine that would probably be the same for the kit gunner, too.
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Can we get a closer picture of your staff car,
There you go
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Thanks
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Bugger. Nothing's ever simple.
AB crew for the staff car arrived today, turns out I haven't removed enough of the folded hood to allow the rear seat passenger to sit in properly. This'll be fun to fix in situ.
Also, one of the castings has failed (helpfully the one I need for the front seat passenger), he looks like he's wearing one of those things they put over horses' eyes to keep the flies out. No way I'm able to fix that with filing! I've emailed Eureka UK in hopes of a replacement, and await their reply...
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That's a shame about the AB figure
a first I have seen from them
Hopefully you will get a replacement
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Good luck with the project, I did something not dissimilar in 28mm for Chain of Command. If you haven't seen it yet, one of their specials (Christmas 2015) includes a Malaya Campaign set of scenarios. The Tactical Painter did a series on it, also in 20mm. It's a cracking read:
http://thetacticalpainter.blogspot.com/2018/08/malaya-1942-scenario-1-winning-encounter.html (http://thetacticalpainter.blogspot.com/2018/08/malaya-1942-scenario-1-winning-encounter.html)
My stuff is here:
http://aleadodyssey.blogspot.com/2021/05/malayan-platoon.html (http://aleadodyssey.blogspot.com/2021/05/malayan-platoon.html)
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Well since my winter Silver Bayonet project is windig down and I had a hankering for something 20mm and 20th century, I dug Project Malaya out of hibernation. Tony Barton himself was kind enough to send me a replacement figure for the duff crewman last year, but unfortunately the project ground to a halt shortly thereafter, so I could make the most of Scotland's usual fleeting summer.
On opening the box, I was pleased to note I had progressed it further than I thought before packing it away!
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First, I resumed work in the staff car. A distinctly non-military oxblood leather and walnut trim seemed appropriate, I'm honestly not sure why.
Couple of members of the 2pdr crew also got progressed.
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Great project and loads of eye candy already - will be watching this one unfold with much anticipation. Look forward to seeing the Buffalo you will need something to shoot it down...
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figures look great.
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Really like your work and am enjoying this thread about the project.
Thanks for posting.
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It’s a fun campaign. For the Japanese, SHQ do nice range although most of mine are ESCi and Airfix. The old Foundry 20mm range has some nice chaps in turbans who do well for Sikhs and the like, and also chaps in bush hats. SHQ Western Desert stuff are also useable.
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The old Matchbox Japanese were very nice though finding them is tricky I am still looking to get some. Strelets have some new Japanese sets. See: http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/PeriodList.aspx?period=1#Japan-Infantry
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Thanks chaps!
First of the platoon command section finished off and varnished, awaiting a decision on basing colours.
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I was very much getting back into the swing of things, but my work like to call me back in for a day in the middle of a run of days off, so will be Friday before I can get cracked on with any more... :(
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Those look terrific, great colour choices.
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Thanks!
Decals now on the staff car, waiting for Mircrosol to do its thang. Had been swithering about adding windscreen wipers from the off, and finally gave in, as much to assist in holding the glazing in place as anything else. Should probably have done it prior to painting, but there ya go.
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Been wondering how to represent the dismounted Forward HQ, there being no obvious candidates in the range at present. Noted that the gun crews contain some likely candidates, but could I really justify buying more gun crews, just to buy one figure? Then I realised the rules only call for three crewmen- senior officer bonanza! I did feel that the figures looked a bit bare of personal equipment, and was resolved to try my hand at sculpting at least a holster onto the figures, then I remembered I might have some waterbottles in the bits box... didn't find any unattached waterbottles, but did find a stock of holsters (for some reason attached to basic pouches, but nothing a set of snips wouldn't sort), et viola! Ruperts!
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This is far too much good fortune, something is bound to go wrong now...
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"This is far too much good fortune, something is bound to go wrong now..." lol
Given how good everything has looked I am sure that any misfortune will easily be overlooked and still look good.
Please crack on...
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Hahaha, will do!
A wee bit of progress on the 2pdr, now. Just waiting for the final crewman to get finished off.
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This may sound mean but... my ACE Humber is rubbish too. I think the tooling is not up to much honestly. You've done a cracking job getting it TT ready. Let's hope the occupants get from A to B safely and on time (although British military vehcile engines!).
Thanks for sharing. I'll be following this now and re-reading.
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Thanks, John!
Staff car glazed and crew done, 2pdr crewed and based.
Pulled a little sneaky on the guy in the middle. He's too big to sit in the back seats properly, and so I resolved to cut his legs down a bit. Unfortunately, it's a big open space in the back of the car, so just shortening them to stumps would've been too visible. So I had the bright idea of chopping out the lower legs and reattaching the feet. Looks a bit stumpy from straight on, but with the forced perspective in the car, it looks quite convincing.
Quite happy with the groundwork colours now (thanks to Matt/Bluewillow for the pointers). On to the foliage...
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Staff car and 2pdr both complete. Experiments with making paper broadleaf jungle foliage were... not a success. Nevertheless, I'm quite happy with how they look as they are.
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Got the dismounted FHQ stand to do next.
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Great work, look excellent! 🙂
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Gorgeous work!!!!
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Looking really good. The staff car with crew is a standout.
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Things keep getting better and better in this thread.
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Thank you very much, guys!
First spare AB gun crewman has been promoted to FHQ officer, by dint of the addition of a pistol holster.
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This month I've put together the ancient Airfix Brewster Buffalo for some crap air support fir my hard-pressed defenders, which is now finished and ready for priming (save a few delicate bits I'll add after painting). The canopy fitting was an absolute pig. I was all set to use my fancy Revell clear canopy glue, which would've been fine if the various hood components fitted properly. They did not.
As such, I resorted to superglue, and will save the gucci stuff for my swish Arma Hurricanes and modern Airfix Typhoon. I am not looking forward to the ex-FROG Vultee Vengeance I have in the stash for late-war Burma...
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I am not proud of this.
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His arms are a bit lumpy, since it was a last minute decision to paint him in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt, so no filing was done. Similarly his flight boots have been painted as the corresponding long socks. I justified this to myself by hoping he wouldn't be that visible under the canopy...
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The pilot has come out really well. Can't wait to see the aircraft completed.
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Cheers, Golgotha!
Back to the Bungle in The Jungle....
Progressed the figures for the FHQ, all repurposed AB vehicle and gun crew;
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Finally accepted that I'll need to do something for foliage, so picked up a load of cheap Chinese plastic aquarium plants, some slightly more convincing than others! A bit bigger than I thought they'd be, but should look fine once removed from the big weighted bases...
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I narrowly missed out on an Airfix Jungle Outpost, which was frustrating, so bought myself some tin samurai to cheer myself up (and justify the anti-tank elements of the project...), with the Italeri buildings set also offeri g some interesting possibilities for a Far East setting. The Cruisers are intended for the BEF, obviously, although I have long been tempted to stick a hypothetical Valentine or a even couple of elderly Cruisers into the setting, just to wipe the smug look off Yamashita's face...
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Very nice indeed.. actually, with the tankettes you wouldn't need a Valentine. I suspect the Vickers 0.5 inch on the Lanchester armoured cars could sort them out. Assuming they had ammunition of course...
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Fantastic looking forward to seeing those completed.
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Fantastic work! I'm looking forward to more!
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Cheers, guys!
Some milder weather has finally allowed some progression of Project Malaya.
Ready to complete basing on the FHQ (don't look too closely at the seated figure; he went for an unscheduled dip in the paint thinner...) and WIP on a couple of mooks for the platoon command for Project Malaya.
I made the mistake of seating the large pack and water chagi too deeply into the groundwork, and now they've all but disappeared... 🤦🏻♂️
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Awesome, do also like the groundwork on the bases.
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Great-looking stuff so far. Well done!
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Lovely project.
Keep going.
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Cheers guys!
Finished the FHQ base. The eagle-eyed among you may note they have a map of Germany. This may explain why the campaign went the way it did...
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Together with their transport-
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That is very cool the map scene is fantastic. How did you do the map or source?
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That is very cool the map scene is fantastic. How did you do the map or source?
Cheers! It is commercially bought; I can't remember the brand, but I'm sure if you google 1/72 maps, they're the only ones that turn up.
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More nice-looking figs. Well done!
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Thanks, Jim!
Current progress; two last platoon HQ dogsbodies ready for basing.
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Good lookin' chaps. Well done!
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Thanks, Cap!
Now done, infantry platoon command section. Strictly speaking, they shouldn't really have a No.18 set at platoon level, but it looks "right" and obviously denotes a command element for gaming purposes.
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Thanks, Cap!
Now done, infantry platoon command section. Strictly speaking, they shouldn't really have a No.18 set at platoon level, but it looks "right" and obviously denotes a command element for gaming purposes.
These guys look good, too. And troops in the field have a way of, um, acquiring stuff that ain't in their TO&E.... ;)
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These guys look good, too. And troops in the field have a way of, um, acquiring stuff that ain't in their TO&E.... ;)
Yes lovely stuff & I am reminded of the old Australian(?) Army motto,
'What is not nailed down is ours, & if we can prise it loose...it weren't
nailed down'
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2" mortar team now done. Probably the last of this project for a while, because I have to paint 15mm Normans now. Because reasons.
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Lovely work!
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Yep - more great figs!
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Thanks guys!
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Had the table up the other day for a game of ancients, and was using the mat I'd bought for Malaya/Burma. Couldn't resist a wee basing check to see how well my basing blended with the mat.
Quite happy with that, actually. It's actually even closer in real life; the mat's a bit greener in reality, but it's washed out a bit in the photos.
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Sweet work mate
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Looks good to me!
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Cheers, guys!
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Nice. I love the colour scheme on your guys….please tell me what your scene is perhaps? Ta
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Thanks Digits, hopefully my suggestion is useful!
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Well then, time to blow the cobwebs off this again!
With the announcement of Battlegroup: Malaya now a thing, and a rough timescale of Summer 2025 finally giving me some sort of deadline and payoff for getting this finished, a start has once again been made.
Been a bit too hot for painting small metal figures in the loft this weather (and I probably need to get my eye back in again, anyway) so I decided to ease myself in gently, with what I thought would be two quick builds. Wrong.
These 20mm M3 Stuart Is are not one of PSC's finer kits. I suspect they've been scaled up from the 15mm originals, and what was a very small mismatch in parts fit has been increased accordingly, leading to some major reprofiling of the track inners being required. On top of this, the instructions list some of the wrong parts for the "early" model, which does not help the fit of the turret, the parts have mould seams/flash that wouldn't be out of place on 1970s Matchbox bendy figures, the whole thing appears to have been moulded from edam and I can only assume the .30 cal Brownings have been included purely for comedy value, and are fit only for the bin. It's also rather overscale.
All that being said though, I'm not just ragging on PSC, since everything else from their stable I've built has been absolutely fine, it does build up into a rather charming little piece-
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Detailed up with stowage from various sources, replacement .30s from Sgts Mess (on which I drilled out the barrels, for... reasons) and a crew figure from Foundry. The flash around the vision slits was so bad I sliced of the detail and replaced it with some plasticard. Which looks awful >:(
I'd originally only planned on getting one to give my force a bit if forward stretch into Burma 1942, but after eventually finding a decal sheet with markings for 7th Armoured Brigade (while getting it for something else) it had enough for two vehicles, so... :? in any case, I've just bought yet another Japanese tank, so fair's fair.
Following this, I decided to try and press on with the Airfix Buffalo. Reasonably pleased so far. I don't usually go in for weathering planes much, but the Far East seems like an appropriate exception. The poor old Buffalo got run ragged and I doubt the ground crews had much chance for any sort of cosmetic maintainance...
That and I'm trying to disguise the absolute hoop I made of washing the rivet lines.
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Lovely job.
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Nice result of your hard work. Keep it up old chap.
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Like the Buffalo. Looking forward to seeing the Stuart painted up.
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That Buffalo is spectacular. It really does look like it has been maintained in the field for some time.
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This is a great project: I'll enjoy following it. Echoing others, the buffalo is brilliant.
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Just catching up with this project and great to see the progress you've made. Now you have a firm (ish) time line for the Malaya Theatre book from PSC it should just provide the spur to get it completed.
Nice weathering on the Buffalo.
By the way what colours did you use for the British Uniform?
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Thanks guys! Just need the weather to stay wet for a bit so I can get back to this!
By the way what colours did you use for the British Uniform?
It's Humbrol 72 Khaki Drill, darkened with 98 Chocolate for the basecoat and lightened with some 121 Pale Stone and increasing amounts of white for progressive highlights.
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Your PTO project is coming along nicely albeit slowly.
If I started WW II again I’d have gone all the way with 1/72 or 1/76 or whatever 20mm is scale wise, luckily I did do my Malaya ‘42 campaign in it!
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It's Humbrol 72 Khaki Drill, darkened with 98 Chocolate for the basecoat and lightened with some 121 Pale Stone and increasing amounts of white for progressive highlights.
Thanks very much. I'll try to match the Humbrol colours with Vallejo.
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Cheers fellas!
A return to soggy weather has finally allowed me some brief bench time to catch up on Project Malaya. Finally got the Buffalo done, the start of an infantry section and a Burmese Buddha statue (which I have subsequently been informed is really not something one would see in Malaya; however since I'm now stretching to the retreat through Burma, as well as the return match in 44-45, I think I can make it work...)
Airfix's 52 year old offering tarted up for the table. That'll do me! I may chop the flight stand down a bit though...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/twbAy3.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pntwbAy3j)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/JewqDs.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnJewqDsj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/XxqcOr.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnXxqcOrj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/Xm6jrh.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmXm6jrhj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/0ilJyT.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn0ilJyTj)
The somewhat incongruous Buddha statue. I don't think I've done him any favours in the painting, the lack of the black lining round the eyes (I'm not that brave!) has rendered him more Mr Bean than Lord Buddha unfortunately...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/7U0fEw.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/po7U0fEwj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/HgoQqA.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnHgoQqAj)
Infantry for scale
And three AB infantrymen, starting off the first rifle section.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/qSFjd0.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmqSFjd0j)
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All looking good.
Re the 'eye liner' on the Buddha, why not a tiny touch of
Quick Shade (Strong or dark) applied around the eyes
with a fine brush?
If you don't have Quick Shade, thin a little bit of a dark brown.
When it is dry you can touch up the flesh on the cheeks. Much
easier than the mascara attempts. lol
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Impressive painting and weathering on the Buffalo and nicely painted miniatures too :-*
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Great painting and fine weathering effects on the Buffalo. As for the eyeliner try using a superfine marker pen. The width is always the same, you just need to apply it carefully.
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Cheers guys!
I'll be leaving the eyes as is, it's a very distinctive style I'd be looking to achieve, which a wash just wouldn't replicate and markers won't be thin enough to pull off. In any case, it's done now, and I need to get more of the actual playable elements done, rather than getting too hung up on terrain... lol
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Could you please oblige us with a Bren gun? Ok then...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/FIr8bz.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmFIr8bzj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/yQqBUK.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poyQqBUKj)
Bit of an experiment in heresy here, swapped the enamels for acrylics for the flesh (same Humbrol colours, though). While not terrible, there's definitely a different "flow" to them, and I think more practice is required...
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Lovely work there. That Buffalo looks sufficiently battle-worn...
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Nice work! The Buffalo is impressive, and the staff car is a gem.
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Lovely work here! I have a strange soft spot for the Buffalo as a design and that weathering is really nice.
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Thank you guys, most kind!
Yes, I am quite chuffed with the way the Buffalo has come out, especially as the first 1/72 aircraft I've painted in decades! Gives me some hope for the outcome of the huge pile of air support I have in the stash for other factions... lol
Working on some more ground-based stuff at the moment, watch this space...
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Very inspiring thread. AB are really amazing. I have some unpainted late war Brits.
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Thanks, Sir Shvantselot!
Thanks chaps!
Started the month (or ended the last, at least) with the addition of more scatter terrain, in the shape of some telegraph poles. These are plastic OO gauge Ratio pieces. The civilian telephone network formed a large part of Malaya Command's field signals network (with predictable results), so seemed an easy choice to include them.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/tzLiCO.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pntzLiCOj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/a3QL4V.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pma3QL4Vj)
Thereafter it was trying to burn through the remainder of A Section. After the initial experiments with acrylic flesh, I decided to persevere. First two were a definite improvement, but still a bit harsh on the shading-
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/ccxpLU.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnccxpLUj)
The second pair I was much happier with; still trying to get the hand of the flow of acrylics again, but definitely much more subtle on the transition between tones-
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/KxwqvX.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poKxwqvXj)
You can see the progression through the five figures-
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/sqTGgt.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmsqTGgtj)
The completed section holds together pretty well as a whole.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/9u9jFX.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn9u9jFXj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/IyQcZB.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnIyQcZBj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/AAdTkR.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnAAdTkRj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/7Fzvld.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pm7Fzvldj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/iH9iBM.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pniH9iBMj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/ppbcgS.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnppbcgSj)
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Great stuff. Very well done.
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Your Buffalo is absolutely brilliant!
Buddha does look like Bean lol
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More great work. Well done!
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Thanks chaps!
Boys anti-tank rifle team now ready for basing up! God but prone figures are a faff...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/30nBxM.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn30nBxMj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/G1LpmS.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmG1LpmSj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/3mvffr.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pn3mvffrj)
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Faff (whatever that is... :D ) or not, they look good...
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Thanks, Jim! (Faff- an embuggerance or pain the ass, something needlessly awkward)
Now based and ready to face the Japanese onslaught...
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/FXtkR5.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmFXtkR5j)
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Table was out for a game, couldn't resist a group shot of the project, so far!
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/922/TwPgb3.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmTwPgb3j)
Very pleased with how well the camouflage scheme on the Buffalo matches the background it'll be flying over. Take a bow RAF Temperate Land Scheme!
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/r8vZ5K.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/por8vZ5Kj)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/923/OfMNIW.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnOfMNIWj)
Particularly effective in some period photos (perhaps courtesy of a certain Sgt. Kurosawa?)... ;)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/yuKPf6.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poyuKPf6j)