15cm sFH Lorraines, 21st PD finished

[Tom Dulski]

 Just curious, what do you use for the chip paint effect?

[Gunner Dunbar]

Just curious, what do you use for the chip paint effect?

Dark grey paint and a sponge.

[gamer Mac]

Stunning job on these

[Gunner Dunbar]

Hi guys

Prepping some more 21st PD vehicles, some Sdkfz 10/4 from wargame3D, a H39 Artillery Observers vehicle, which is a Bergman file that I updated and detailed for 1/72, and a couple of 7.5cm Pak 40 H39, can’t remember who’s they are, I also made some crew up for some of the other SPs. I’ve given them a Tamiya dark yellow rattle can undercoat, I will finish the paint job with an airbrush. Crews are a mix of Simons Soldiers, ABs, battlefield, 3D printed, and PSC and Airfix plastic, with a few head swaps thrown in here and there, I’ll be paint some of them in these pretty cool camo vests
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/03/prepping-more-21st-pd-vehicles.html

[BillK]

Gunner, is that FLaK 38 a 3D print?

[Gunner Dunbar]

Gunner, is that FLaK 38 a 3D print?

Yes

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

Basing vehicles for me is a necessary evil, vehicles without bases look naked to me, however I find them tedious to do, so they often get left, sometime for a very long time, so I decided to do a big basing session over the resurrection weekend, I also took the opportunity to base some of the non 21st PD vehicles I have been working on recently, I haven’t glued the vehicles down yet as I still have a fair bet of painting and weathering to do, will do the flocking once the vehicles are finished and glued in place.

I also printed out a couple of Unic P107 flak 38 vehicles, they are Bergmann prints which I have replaced the running gear, rivets, gun and other details.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/04/basing-session.html

[Freddy]

Great progress, I really like the cannons.

[FriendlyNeighbourhoodNerd]

They look very impressive! I don't base vehicles myself, although I do see the appeal.

How do you find AB, Simon's Soldiers, Battlefield, PSC and Airfix figures go together?

[Gunner Dunbar]

They look very impressive! I don't base vehicles myself, although I do see the appeal.

How do you find AB, Simon's Soldiers, Battlefield, PSC and Airfix figures go together?

They mix OK, people are all different sizes, doesn’t worry me to much.

[Gunner Dunbar]

Great progress, I really like the cannons.

Yee gads, as a former artillerymen I must advise they are guns, not cannons, you’d find cannons on an 17th century sailing ship 😀

[Freddy]

Yee gads, as a former artillerymen I must advise they are guns, not cannons, you’d find cannons on an 17th century sailing ship 😀

Sorry, in my native language the distinction between cannon-howitzer-mortar is based on calibre/barrel length ratio, has nothing to do with historical age

[Basementboy]

Freddy, it took me years to figure out they were different things

[carlos marighela]

Well the Yanks call their gunners 'cannon cockers'. The rest of the English speaking world just calls 'em 'drop shorts'.

The Tin Tanks did produce a rather large cannon though. Not really suited for aiming at pirates or wooden warships.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M65_atomic_cannon

Nice bit of basing btw.

[Gunner Dunbar]

 Hi guys

I’m at the stage of this 21st PD project where I want to get something finished, otherwise I risk stalling, so I will break the project down to smaller parts and finish them off one at a time, I’m starting with the 220th Pz pioneer battalion, I still have some details to paint on the figures, and some more weathering on the half tracks, then I need to finish off the bases.

There was only 1 armoured half track per company, so I need to add some unarmoured pioneer vehicles to finish the unit, but for now I will just finish painting this lot and move to the next sub unit.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2024/04/21st-pd-220-pz-pioneer-battalion-wip.html