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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: lou passejaire on April 21, 2016, 05:45:02 PM
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i ordered the last stuff from Neucraft models .
Ordered on sunday 10, parcell received on monday 18 ...
In the parcell :
2 x 25mmSA34 guns on naval mount
1 x 25mmSA34 gun
2 x 4 FM 24-29 LMG
1 x Citroen Traction 11 CV
1 x US driver for the Ford GPA
US driver for the Ford GPA :
Clean resin casting, does the job ... :D
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2323.jpg)
from left to right : Empress SCW , Neucraft, Warlord
seem's to be most suited with big 28mm minis such as the Artizan ones ...
( sorry for the poor quality pic :? )
25mmSA34 guns on naval mount
this one is my favourite ... one of the Free French "bricolages" used for the Scot Columns around Bir Hakeim , and till Tunisia : a 15CWT truck ( mostly Morris and Bedford ) with a 25mm AT gun .
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2322.jpg)
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2327.jpg)
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2328.jpg)
issued with a pintle mounted AA LMG ( french FM24-29 ) and 2 accurate ammo boxes .
I'll use some Perry Plastic desert rats as artillerymen
25mmSA34 gun
using the same gun barrel than the naval mount , you have the choice for a French or a BEF wheeled AT gun , and have the mount to use it on a British or German Marmon Herrington Mk2 and a Sd.kfz.250 . With some modifications you can use it on a Bren carrier as used by the Free French after Syria and till Tunisia .
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2318.jpg)
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2324.jpg)
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2319.jpg)
for size comparison the upper one is a Crusader Miniatures gun cut to use for a Bren Carrier
Issued with the same accurate ammo boxes .
Pintle mounted FM 24-29 LMG
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2326.jpg)
upper one : Perry Miniatures included in the Dodge Tanake kit .
a must have for all French army players who tried to put a LMG on the Mad Bob and Warlord French vehicles ;)
Citroen Traction Avant 11 CV
emblematic French car ... used by the French army in 1939-1940, by the German army on most fronts, by the Gestapo and the Resistance, by the Police and the gangsters, till the 60's ...
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2320.jpg)
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2325.jpg)
It's a pure beauty ! this one will became a staff car for Vichy Forces in Levant, and i'll order another one to paint in Black as a police - resistance vehicle ...
I need more vehicles, more weapons, with the same design/casting quality and scale accuracy !
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Thanks Lou for the review. Good information, re: Tunisia.
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Nice....dunno what I will use the Citroen for ....yet but I want one!
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can use it as a piece of terrain ;)
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Thank you.
I'm very happy with neucraft stuff
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Lovely stuff.
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i'm trying to finish the painting on the Traction, the 25mm gun, and the Lorraine and R35 ... ( forthcoming Vichy in Levant ) ...
Lovely stuff yes :-*
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here are :
The Dervishe : Perry miniatures Morris 15CWT with the 25mm SA34 on naval mount from Neucraft , and a Perry Plastic gun crew ...
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2335.jpg)
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2411.jpg)
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2410.jpg)
and the 25mm Carrier :
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2412.jpg)
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2336.jpg)
(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2329.jpg)
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Nicely done Lou!
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Indeed, lovely conversions!
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(http://i86.servimg.com/u/f86/11/63/95/43/dscn2431.jpg)
still missing the decals ( i had some issues with home made decals and poor quality ink >:( ) and some weathering
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Fab work Lou.
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i need some dust effect on the olive green vehicles ... but i need to put decals before .
my home made decals were a big failure , due to poor quality low price ink ... so i ordered some from Gaso-line ...
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the Traction 11 CV with decals
(http://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/11/63/95/43/dscn2415.jpg)
staff car 4th Bataillon 1st Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
:)
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Really like the way you have done the windows I might have a crack at that myself on my next vehicle and see how it looks
Good job on the decals too