ChTZ T-34 Stalingrad

[CapnJim]

Lovely work.  Just lovely.  And that's an interesting use of the WA partisans. 

[Rich H]

Thanks all!

Obviously now I'm looking at expanding the 24 I've got to a full force of factory workers....  I'd need a lot though!  Maybe just another 24...  With an 'escort' of NKVD perhaps?

[Shahbahraz]

Thanks all!

Obviously now I'm looking at expanding the 24 I've got to a full force of factory workers....  I'd need a lot though!  Maybe just another 24...  With an 'escort' of NKVD perhaps?

In Chain of Command you would be looking at a platoon of workers so 3 or 4 squads plus an HQ, perhaps with security detail, and support options. Treat as Green troops but Stubborn and maybe add a team of snipers/tank hunters? The T34 would soak up plenty of support points.. 😀

[cuprum]

You can make a "militia" squad. This is how the police were called in the USSR.
The uniform is similar to the army uniform in everything, but had a different color.
In the front-line area (including in Stalingrad), "extermination detachments" were formed from the police to fight saboteurs and guard various objects. When the front approached, they often joined the active army. In Stalingrad, they took an active part in the battles of the first period.





More details here:

http://army.armor.kiev.ua/forma-2/milicia-09.php

[carlos marighela]

I like the idea of having the militia arrest the Germans. A bit of exotic colour is always a good thing. I once converted a figure to make a Soviet Army traffic regulator. He's yet to make it on to the table but I love him none the less.

[Will Bailie]

I like the idea of having the militia arrest the Germans. A bit of exotic colour is always a good thing. I once converted a figure to make a Soviet Army traffic regulator. He's yet to make it on to the table but I love him none the less.

Haha, love it.  "Is that true then, he's a peeler, 716, come to arrest the Zulus Hitlerites!"

[dbsubashi]

Perhaps a paper corrugated for the corrugated metal?
Uchida 8.5-inch Straight Corru-gator Paper Crimper https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003WM78B2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_24DZNWMB641VX3EZW2TH

Though the Fiskars version has metal rollers and can do light cardboard.

There is also the core-U-gator, for doing scale metal corrugation, but probably too small a work surface for roofing a factory...

[Shahbahraz]

There's always the ultra cheap toothpaste squeezer

[Rich H]

Tha KS, I've tried the tube squeezer but the corrugations are too big.  I've got a selection of commercial stuff from 4D.  Corrugated card, plasticard, aluminium and lead.  At the moment Slater's plasticard is winning.  Though the rest will find uses

[carlos marighela]

I find that because the corrugated aluminium stuff isn’t so robust that it’s best used in small pieces for things like bases and scatter terrain. It’s also fiendishly expensive.

[has.been]

many years ago I used some corrugated bits for a ruin.
They came from a DIY shop & were for joining two bits of wood.
About 40mm long & serrated on the leading edge. You were
supposed to abut the two bits of wood, place the serrated edge
in contact with the wood, so that it crossed the join. Next, minding
your fingers, whack the flat top wiv a 'ammer (technical instruction).
Needless to say I NEVER joined bits of wood with the ones I bought.
They were however only really useful on ruins & debris piles.

Nowadays I use ribbed rubber matting. Stuff that used to be placed
under manual type-writers  to reduce vibration. I am down to my last
few bits, (See attached photos to show how it looks) must find a new
source.

[Rich H]

CM: The ali was £6 a sheet, not too bad.  I'll probably end up doing the same with all the test pieces, snipping into small bits and scattering them about.

Has Been: I know the wood joint things you mean.  Nasty things!

Im playing with the crane gantry at the moment... not very happy with it yet....

[CapnJim]

Been watching this thread, and keep meaning to leave a comment or 2...

Love the T34s, and the WA partisan-based militia.  Especially the tanks. But then again, I'm a former tanker, so I love anything tank-related...  

[Rich H]

Ta

Been playing with the gantry but I'm not happy with it yet.

[fred]

Been playing with the gantry but I'm not happy with it yet.

You’ll only be happy with another 10’ of it!