Author Topic: Imperial Sunset- 20mm Early War in the Far East (Read 10312 times)

JohnFoA · « **Reply #30 on:** March 07, 2022, 10:45:52 AM »

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.

Iain R · « **Reply #31 on:** March 17, 2022, 03:43:11 PM »

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...

Iain R · « **Reply #32 on:** March 18, 2022, 10:37:54 PM »

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.

Got the dismounted FHQ stand to do next.

Captain Darling · « **Reply #33 on:** March 19, 2022, 01:17:32 AM »

Great work, look excellent! 🙂

hayeswauford · « **Reply #34 on:** March 19, 2022, 02:32:40 AM »

Gorgeous work!!!!

blacksoilbill · « **Reply #35 on:** March 19, 2022, 11:10:17 AM »

Looking really good. The staff car with crew is a standout.

BillK · « **Reply #36 on:** March 21, 2022, 10:45:38 PM »

Things keep getting better and better in this thread.

Iain R · « **Reply #37 on:** April 06, 2022, 11:42:46 PM »

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.

Iain R · « **Reply #38 on:** April 25, 2022, 02:59:56 PM »

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...

I am not proud of this.

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...

Golgotha · « **Reply #39 on:** April 25, 2022, 03:24:05 PM »

The pilot has come out really well. Can't wait to see the aircraft completed.

Iain R · « **Reply #40 on:** December 05, 2022, 01:38:10 PM »

Cheers, Golgotha!

Back to the Bungle in The Jungle....

Progressed the figures for the FHQ, all repurposed AB vehicle and gun crew;

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...

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...

Shahbahraz · « **Reply #41 on:** December 05, 2022, 02:29:04 PM »

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...

Golgotha · « **Reply #42 on:** December 05, 2022, 05:00:23 PM »

Fantastic looking forward to seeing those completed.

MaleGriffin · « **Reply #43 on:** December 06, 2022, 12:47:25 AM »

Fantastic work! I'm looking forward to more!

Iain R · « **Reply #44 on:** January 21, 2023, 08:14:01 PM »

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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