Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30

[Elk101]

Excellent work (obvs!). I'm looking forward to seeing the Senegalese. In one of my WWII books there's first hand accounts of the Germans invading France and they are quite complimentary about the Senegalese.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks 

  - I also noticed that the Rubicon UK store seemed to sell out instantly - fortunately Caliver Books Ebay store has them in stock (always found them a reliable seller)

Thanks for the tip. Ordered 

[voltan]

and the new Rubicon SdKfz 222/3 kit - when I can actually get hold of one!

I want to get one of those and call it Hubert.

[Clawed_Greengrass]

Absolutely wonderful stuff 

[moiterei_1984]

Wonderful work Richard! Your painting style combined with those wonderfully unorthodox french camouflage schemes are a guarantee for eyecandy.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks fellows 
More to come soon, all being well.
The Senegalese and a field gun are now underway...

[NurgleHH]

Your plastic redefinition and painting is brilliant as usual, but in the moment I‘m more interested in your progress of terrain. Do you have some new stuff? Maybe the first board of Tobruk?

[punkrabbitt]

I don't have a picture handy, but my Perry are by far my tallest historical figures. My Warlord are the shortest, with Wargames Factory and Old Glory in between.

[Captain Blood]

Your plastic redefinition and painting is brilliant as usual, but in the moment I‘m more interested in your progress of terrain. Do you have some new stuff? Maybe the first board of Tobruk?

Thanks Dirk.
No. No more terrain works in progress at present - although I do have a spare foam board I need to decide what to do with...

I also noticed that the Rubicon UK store seemed to sell out instantly - fortunately Caliver Books Ebay store has them in stock (always found them a reliable seller)
ebay.co.uk/str/nannyogg999/Rubicon-Models/_i.html?_storecat=8449439012

Thanks again for the tip, Matt. Received from Caliver the next day! Excellent service (considering it's via eBay ).
It's another wonderfully crafted and versatile kit with absolutely oodles of options and useful extras (4 frames!) and another brilliant and generously provisioned decal sheet.
I already have a Blitzkrieg SdKfz 222 with 20mm cannon, so I'm going to make this one up as a SdKfz 223 with MG34 turret + frame antenna. Will suit my DAK collection very well.

I don't have a picture handy, but my Perry are by far my tallest historical figures. My Warlord are the shortest, with Wargames Factory and Old Glory in between.

Not sure if you're talking WW2, but the Perry plastic WW2 figures are a good head shorter than their own other 28mm plastics. The Perry WW2 metals are a bit more the usual size, but still a lot slimmer in stature.

[Captain Blood]

Vichy 75mm field gun and crew finished...

The sculpts of the crew figures are a bit ropey TBH - somewhat dashed off... Michael Perry at his French Impressionist best... 

The gun is a nice piece though, although as Keith has previously pointed out, a bit vestigial in terms of details. But good enough for the wargames table.

Lift 1 of the Senegalese next up...

[Silent Invader]

That is delightful 

[Poiter50]

Hmm, seeing more bad comments on Perry although I find their plakky ones fine. Bit concerned about the barrel of that supposed 75? Maybe the Rubicon one is more to scale?

[Jeff965]

Lovely work Richard, can't wait to see the Senegalese

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Jeff 

Poiter50 - The Perry plastics are superb. I am a major supporter and advocate of all things Perry. For the most part, they're the best as far as I'm concerned.
But I'm afraid a few of the metal figures are sometimes a bit sketchily done - not helped by the oft-remarked poor quality of their contract casting.
Shame. And I am the last person to put people off buying Perry, because I think they're generally marvellous. But there it is... 

[Hammers]

Beautiful, Richard.

I always wondered what that klunky bit at the end of the barrels of 75s is. Anyone know?