28mm late war British & Germans Arnhem etc

[MaleGriffin]

Lovely work! Inspirational!

[tomrommel1]

very nice indeed

[Ash]

Picked up a few more bits from eBay:

75mm Howitzer.







Got one of those bases that have holes for 25mm bases, so figures can be removed.
Sandbags still seem to end up looking like futon cushions...

[Ash]

... and what I thought was a three man mortar team, turned out to be three mortar teams. Probably off load a couple.

[Rickf]

Excellent work as always mate, I'm really liking your urban basing.

[Ash]

Cheers Rick, it's mainly cat litter, a few bricks from ebay , and the odd little bits of balsa.

I dug a couple of resin bits out of my pile of unpainted odds and ends, stuck them to some bases and ended up with these

[Grumpy Gnome]

Brilliant work!

[Tom Dulski]

Is that a Browning High Powered pistol?

[Ash]

Is that a Browning High Powered pistol?

From what I've seen online, most say it's a Colt 1911.
Although at 28mm it would be a hard task to spot the difference.




"British 1st Airborne Major General Roy Urquhart (Sean Connery) fires his M1911 variant, quite possibly the .455 Webley version of the Colt M1911."

[Cubs]

My vote is for the Colt 1911 - the Browning is very similar, but has a definite taper towards the muzzle, whereas that looks like the same width all the way down.

[CapnJim]

In the movie, it's def a 1911.  I have both a 1911 and a Hi-Power, and I carried a 1911 in the Army.  Mr. Connery def has a 1911....

[Harry Faversham]

Yep, the Paras got their hands on as many 1911s as the could. Much better man-stopper than a .38 Webley!
 

[Shahbahraz]

Yep, the Paras got their hands on as many 1911s as the could. Much better man-stopper than a .38 Webley!
 

If it gets to the point when you're using a pistol, it's usually time to wave the white flag...

[Ash]

If it gets to the point when you're using a pistol, it's usually time to wave the white flag...

Wonder how often, during the war, a General officer like Urquhart had to use his side arm to shoot an enemy soldier..?

[Harry Faversham]

General Patton for one, oh 'ang on that was one of his own bloke's!