WWII Soviet assault pioneers Part 2 (Basing)

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

This weeks progress, I have added a pin wash and a dry brush to these vehicles, and started a base coat on the figures, next I’ll paint a few details, continue with the figures, and start the weathering process, I’m away next week, so no progress until I get back.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/06/pz-gren-125-halftracks-wip-2.html

[Ash]

Here's me patting myself on the back when I manage to do one vehicle, whilst you drop an entire battalion!
Fantastic painting, inspiring stuff.

[Freddy]

Great progress, your tempo is incredible

[Utgaard]

Nice ones and impressive output!

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

I’m so close to finishing these I can taste it, I was away on holidays for a week, got sick with Covid for another and finally got to work on them today, another session to paint a few details, do a final pastel weathering step and decorating the bases and I’ll be done (apart from adding a command figure to the Pz III battalion commanders tank, and the 39H artillery obs vehicle)

I now have multiple projects drawing my attention for a bit of a change from the 21st Pz Div, Hungarian armour, Japanese, Soviet marines or combat engineers, Normandy Brits, 1940 BEF, so many project vining for my attention, where to go? I’ve also been forming a “Nostalgic” project in my mind, painting 1 of each pose of all the Airfix, Esci/Itsleri and Matchbox WWII sets, I have a few sets in my stash, and have just bought the Airfix and Italeri Japanese and Airfix Australians, will be a fun project I think.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/07/pz-gren-halftracks-almost-done.html

[Freddy]

Coming neatly together!

[Gunner Dunbar]

Coming neatly together!

Slow though.

[tomrommel1]

very nice , indeed

[Gunner Dunbar]

Hi guys

As a kid growing up in the 70-80s I imagine like many of you, I grew up on Airfix, Esci and matchbox figures, I was lucky enough to have every WWII figure set at one time or another, losing my collection in a fire in the 90s, until now I have avoided the nostalgia bite because I have over the years bought many of these subjects (European theatre) and have them in my stash, I generally use metal figures and only use plastics when I’m doing heavy conversions e.g my Gebirgsjager or winter Fallschirmjäger armies, however, recently I have seen some Pacific war projects using Airfix and matchbox figures that have given me that nostalgic kick, mostly because I haven’t owned these Pacific war sets since being a kid as I have concentrated on the European theatre.

As I have had the Pacific war on my to do list for a while now I’m taking the opportunity to start it and combine it with a Nostalgic project, the nostalgic project will be to paint at least 1 of each pose of each WWII set from these 3 companies, starting with Japanese and Aussies, I recently purchased the Airfix and Esci/Italeri Japanese sets, if anyone has a set of 1 of each pose of the Matchbox Japanese and Australian available for trade  (I have the Airfix Australians on their way) PM me.

The Airfix Japanese were one of the first sets I owned, I loved these figs as a kid, I was maybe 5-6 years old, I had those and the US marines (I have the marines in my stash somewhere) later I had the Esci and matchbox Japanese and Australians, these 2 sets still have very good moulds, the Italeri figs have almost no flash and thankfully are cast in firm plastic, the Airfix figs are in their usual softer plastic, I remember many of the Airfix figures getting brittle as a kid, I’m hoping they fixed the plastic and this is not still an issue, I’m going to try and give them the best paint job I can, looking forward to this project.

I’ll be adding metal and resin figs to the Pacific project, I will also be doing my usual mix of 3D printed and built model kits for the vehicles.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/07/nostalgic-and-pacific-project.html

[Tom Dulski]

 I had the Marx Iwo Jima playset and thought those Japanese sculpts were full of character. The US soldiers as well each face had its own unique look I remember marveling at that even as a kid.

[Utgaard]

Yes, the old days - we started with Airfix, ESCI & Co. too 

Have fun with your project!

[gamer Mac]

Good start

[carlos marighela]

Nice but surely you need to have at least one of the old Airfix Chi-Ha tanks?

[Gunner Dunbar]

Nice but surely you need to have at least one of the old Airfix Chi-Ha tanks?

Yes, I do

[carlos marighela]

Good man! It's not proper nostalgia unless you have your fingers crossed that the glue holding the sprockets and idlers in place is strong enough to survive the tension of the polythene rubber band tracks or that the heat weld you made with a butter knife over a flame is strong enough to hold the two track ends together.