AKULAs After the Bomb project 1980s imagination - pg34 - Bloodhound Missile

[AKULA]

Thanks for your comments 

Will definitely keep adding to this project 

I'm thinning out some of my peripheral projects, but only so I can spend some more time on the active ones (such as this one).

Have more riot police & more civvies to add, and then want to add some more scatter objectives, terrain etc

As for the HSF, I've been hearing talk of a new "Home Defence Force" under the Strategic Defence Review, so maybe HSF will get a revival...

[carlos marighela]

Thanks for your comments 

Will definitely keep adding to this project 

I'm thinning out some of my peripheral projects, but only so I can spend some more time on the active ones (such as this one).

Have more riot police & more civvies to add, and then want to add some more scatter objectives, terrain etc

As for the HSF, I've been hearing talk of a new "Home Defence Force" under the Strategic Defence Review, so maybe HSF will get a revival...

Good man! You've filled a table with enough GoT stuff, we want to see you crack on with this project. It's one of my favourite threads on LAF.

[AKULA]

You've filled a table with enough GoT stuff, we want to see you crack on with this project. It's one of my favourite threads on LAF.

By special request, a small update 

Some civilian vehicles... ideal for clogging up country lanes, queues at checkpoint, or shifting large numbers of men/material around a campaign map.

[carlos marighela]

Luverly! One can never have enough transport or set dressing.

[CapnJim]

Those trucks look nifty!  Well done!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Cool.

[aliensurfer]

Love the yellow one from Flakey Wakey

[AKULA]

FACT: Toys (at least the packaging on them) were so much better looking in the olden days....

This arrived today...



Over 65 years old, this beautiful corgi model is ideal for 28mm... the Bloodhound is roughly 17-18 cm long which makes it roughly 1/45-50 scale by my estimation.

The only thing that was lacking (and it missing on most examples) is the red rubber nose cone, but a quick search online turned up a UK company that makes replica parts for said toy...indeed, if you've got a launcher, they can provide a replica bloodhound missile to sit on it.



This thing is a BEAST, and will make a juicy target for spetnaz in my project



I picked this up for a relative bargain price...others are asking frankly ludicrous prices, but if you fancy finding an original model, be careful to avoid the Oxford diecasts version, as it is smaller scale.

Collectors will wince when I paint this beautiful bloodhound a shade of army green in due course, but toys are meant to be played with, and this one is going to get a lot of use.

[dadlamassu]

Collectors will wince when I paint this beautiful bloodhound a shade of army green in due course, but toys are meant to be played with, and this one is going to get a lot of use.

The Thunderbird missile was painted green.


And the corgi one

[CapnJim]

Good find.  Looking forward to seeing how you tart it up...

[Freddy]

The Thunderbird missile was painted green.

It came in many colours, the toy version also existed. Not being an expert in British missiles, I do not know what the colouring was based on, whether it was just a factory default paintjob different for the different versions (like Soviet AA missiles) or user custom like for vehicle paintjobs.

[carlos marighela]

Excellent find! I've coveted one of those for years!

The ones deployed to Germany were all green, at least by the late 1970s/ early '80s. True of the ones in the UK by then. Google Bloodhound and West Raynham and you'll see what I mean.

Australia had a squadron's worth too they were white with a black tip to the missile itself just like the artwork on the old Airfix kit.

[AKULA]

Excellent find! I've coveted one of those for years!

The ones deployed to Germany were all green, at least by the late 1970s/ early '80s. True of the ones in the UK by then. Google Bloodhound and West Raynham and you'll see what I mean.

Australia had a squadron's worth too they were white with a black tip to the missile itself just like the artwork on the old Airfix kit.

Thanks mate, my bloodhound (s) will definitely be green. Have also been drooling over the photos on the following website, which also has a lot of the West Raynham photos on it.

https://www.bmpg.org.uk/RAF-West-Raynham.html

BTW, if you want to get hold of a bloodhound for 28mm gaming, it might be more cost effective to get a replica missile from this chap (he also sells on fleabay, which makes it easier to search, plus of course has photos) .... all you would then need is the corgi launch cradle

http://model-supplies.co.uk

[Jemima Fawr]

Excellent!  The two 'Gate Guardians' at RAF Aberporth in the 70s/80s were painted exactly like that toy - in white with roundels.  They might have been the 'model' for the toy.  All the ones on Aberporth Range and actually in front-line service in the 80s were green.  They had been painted white in the 60s, but the roundels seem to be a 'parade' paint-job.

Here's a website by the sadly-departed father of a good mate of mine, about RAF Aberporth and the Bloodhound Firing Unit, which has a few photos of green and white Bloodhounds.  As he says in there "they were still painted white in the 60s".

https://www.rafaberporth.org.uk/page9.html

[AKULA]

Thanks everyone for your Bloodhound comments, will post some more photos once its all painted up.

In the meantime, just to keep some momentum going, here is another small, but vitally important addition to my project... the Station Commanders Mini.



Not satisfied with sharing the Chevette (Page 11 of this thread) with the rif... RAF... the Station Commander has got his own vehicle now... a former Lightning pilot, he appreciates the "spacious" Mini, and has stuck his Pennant on it, so no one borrows it...although I think someone has pinched one of his wipers already.



And the customary shot alongside the Chevette