Author Topic: Out of the box : Neucraft 25mm, Traction, FM24-29, US driver ... (Read 5632 times)

lou passejaire · « **on:** April 21, 2016, 05:45:02 PM »

i ordered the last stuff from Neucraft models .
Ordered on sunday 10, parcell received on monday 18 ...
In the parcell :
2 x 25mmSA34 guns on naval mount
1 x 25mmSA34 gun
2 x 4 FM 24-29 LMG
1 x Citroen Traction 11 CV
1 x US driver for the Ford GPA

US driver for the Ford GPA :
Clean resin casting, does the job ...

from left to right : Empress SCW , Neucraft, Warlord
seem's to be most suited with big 28mm minis such as the Artizan ones ...
( sorry for the poor quality pic

)

25mmSA34 guns on naval mount
this one is my favourite ... one of the Free French "bricolages" used for the Scot Columns around Bir Hakeim , and till Tunisia : a 15CWT truck ( mostly Morris and Bedford ) with a 25mm AT gun .

issued with a pintle mounted AA LMG ( french FM24-29 ) and 2 accurate ammo boxes .
I'll use some Perry Plastic desert rats as artillerymen

25mmSA34 gun
using the same gun barrel than the naval mount , you have the choice for a French or a BEF wheeled AT gun , and have the mount to use it on a British or German Marmon Herrington Mk2 and a Sd.kfz.250 . With some modifications you can use it on a Bren carrier as used by the Free French after Syria and till Tunisia .

for size comparison the upper one is a Crusader Miniatures gun cut to use for a Bren Carrier
Issued with the same accurate ammo boxes .

Pintle mounted FM 24-29 LMG

upper one : Perry Miniatures included in the Dodge Tanake kit .
a must have for all French army players who tried to put a LMG on the Mad Bob and Warlord French vehicles

Citroen Traction Avant 11 CV
emblematic French car ... used by the French army in 1939-1940, by the German army on most fronts, by the Gestapo and the Resistance, by the Police and the gangsters, till the 60's ...

It's a pure beauty ! this one will became a staff car for Vichy Forces in Levant, and i'll order another one to paint in Black as a police - resistance vehicle ...

I need more vehicles, more weapons, with the same design/casting quality and scale accuracy !

Helen · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2016, 07:46:30 PM »

Thanks Lou for the review. Good information, re: Tunisia.

Truscott Trotter · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2016, 12:06:47 AM »

Nice....dunno what I will use the Citroen for ....yet but I want one!

lou passejaire · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2016, 01:38:57 AM »

can use it as a piece of terrain

worrywort · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2016, 01:13:38 PM »

Thank you.

I'm very happy with neucraft stuff

The Dozing Dragon · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2016, 01:32:09 PM »

Lovely stuff.

lou passejaire · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2016, 02:50:30 PM »

i'm trying to finish the painting on the Traction, the 25mm gun, and the Lorraine and R35 ... ( forthcoming Vichy in Levant ) ...

Lovely stuff yes

lou passejaire · « **Reply #7 on:** May 14, 2016, 06:27:06 PM »

here are :
The Dervishe : Perry miniatures Morris 15CWT with the 25mm SA34 on naval mount from Neucraft , and a Perry Plastic gun crew ...

and the 25mm Carrier :

Helen · « **Reply #8 on:** May 14, 2016, 07:30:13 PM »

Nicely done Lou!

carlos marighela · « **Reply #9 on:** May 14, 2016, 11:00:33 PM »

Indeed, lovely conversions!

lou passejaire · « **Reply #10 on:** May 19, 2016, 06:20:36 PM »

still missing the decals ( i had some issues with home made decals and poor quality ink

) and some weathering

Helen · « **Reply #11 on:** May 19, 2016, 06:48:44 PM »

Fab work Lou.

lou passejaire · « **Reply #12 on:** May 20, 2016, 09:03:15 AM »

i need some dust effect on the olive green vehicles ... but i need to put decals before .
my home made decals were a big failure , due to poor quality low price ink ... so i ordered some from Gaso-line ...

lou passejaire · « **Reply #13 on:** June 16, 2016, 07:31:07 PM »

the Traction 11 CV with decals

staff car 4th Bataillon 1st Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment

Truscott Trotter · « **Reply #14 on:** June 16, 2016, 10:38:10 PM »

Really like the way you have done the windows I might have a crack at that myself on my next vehicle and see how it looks
Good job on the decals too

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