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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: bluewillow on October 15, 2023, 09:57:16 PM
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As part of my Yom Kippur war upcoming game at the end of October I thought I had best add some more infantry to my Arab coalition. The Egyptian infantry army collection will possibly get another Armoured infantry battalion, except for a few bits that are required, snipers and another two blowpipes and sagger teams, as always something missing !) order underway!
Planning on using able archer I think to keep it simple for my French mates.
The miniatures are all Elhiem miniatures form the middle eastern range. Really happy with my results, painting guide on my ww2-modern blog as normal.
Motorised regiment
1st battalion
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2nd battalion
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Armoured battalion
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Airborne battalion
(I need to purchase some more bits here so I can do some head swaps so everyone will be in berets)
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Vehicles being built, mostly Ace kits and some resin bits, plus more armour
Cheers
Matt
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Very nicely done. This is a period & place I've thought about gaming in the past and this is very good inspiration.
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Nice to see some Elheim 20mm about the place! Especially some of his original sculpts!
Good painting too!
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Nice job on those. Well done!
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Nice to see some Elheim 20mm about the place! Especially some of his original sculpts!
Good painting too!
Thanks, not quite correct helmet for them, but close enough for me.
I have a bunch of kit coming up for Iraq war also which these chaps will double up for also.
Cheers
Matt
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Finally after returning from my three month holiday in Australia I have returned to the bench and started to complete my Egyptian transports and armour. The vehicles are 1/72 and are from ICM models.
First up some Egyptian transport
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Cheers
Matt
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Very nice work! Out of curiousity, how does Elhiem match (if at all) with the rereleased Foundry range?
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Great work on those trucks … must have missed this thread the first time :)
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Very nice work! Out of curiousity, how does Elhiem match (if at all) with the rereleased Foundry range?
Elhiem are finer but they are close in height
Cheers
Matt
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Next unit for my Egyptian army is a multiple rocket launcher mounted on a ZIL 131 truck. I actually need to paint my BM21 Grad launchers too.
I have only seen these in use for the 56 parades, they are listed in the 18th battalion but not used in combat use for 6 day war or Yom Kippur that I am aware of. I will use these in support of my infantry mechanised brigade.
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Cheers
Matt
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I really like the infantry and the ZiL trucks, but this Katyusha seems to be on a GMC chassis as the Soviets did in ww2. ICM offers it on a ZiL-131: https://www.1-72depot.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ICM-72814-box.jpeg
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Yes, I think you are correct
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I think you'll find the better part of the Egyptian truck park of the era was made up of Zil-151s and Zil-157s including their MRL platforms (BM-11, BM-13 etc). To that end a Studebaker makes a decent enough proxy, although you could convert the ICM versions. So sad that the old Airfix SA-2 Guideline moulds were lost. They had a Zil-151 as the missile tractor.
Good looking project. I take it you are aware that Wargames Foundry made a dedicated range in 20mm? I had their WW2 figures and they are nice sculpts.
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For an easy fix you can change the superstructure with one of the ZiLs- you will get a proper Cold War era Soviet Katyusha and a yellow Studebaker transport truck- those ww2 trucks were still very common in the 60s, no one will bat an eye to see one in Egyptian colours in the era you are aiming for.
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Indeed. There was still a bit of surplus WW2 kit floating around in Egypt. I've seen photos of the Egyptian Army in the Yemen wearing M1 steel helmets.
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I think you'll find the better part of the Egyptian truck park of the era was made up of Zil-151s and Zil-157s including their MRL platforms (BM-11, BM-13 etc). To that end a Studebaker makes a decent enough proxy, although you could convert the ICM versions. So sad that the old Airfix SA-2 Guideline moulds were lost. They had a Zil-151 as the missile tractor.
Good looking project. I take it you are aware that Wargames Foundry made a dedicated range in 20mm? I had their WW2 figures and they are nice sculpts.
Thanks, I did find the foundry figs a little late, but I have picked up 60 of them to do
Cheers
Matt
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Like those trucks. Nice job on 'em...