Category: Flames of War

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Crusader III AA MkII

Crusader III AA MkII

Having had my painting pattern broken up with work and bathroom renovations and struggling to get back into it.  So looking to knock off something quick and easy I dug out my base coated Crusader AA tanks.  Really not much to them really.  The only really standout thing is the placement of the air-identification star.  Maybe the radio aerials as well.  Apparently the difference between the MkII and MkII was the placement of the radio, from the turret to the hull to free up room in the turret.  Clearly the aerials on these are in the turret so presumably is the radio.  Reason for two aerials or one was that there is a molding defect on the one of the turrets.  That said don’t see any photos with two aerials (fact is hard to find aerials in the turret regardless)  Probably need to fix that up but haven’t decided on the right course of action yet.  Just hearth brush bristle so scissors could deal with that.

 

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Parade USA!

I finished basing the US airborne platoon tonight .. and whilst sorting out the entire army.. figured it was worth the effort to show what is on offer.. especially for august.

So here is a shot of what is on the parade..

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The key is;
A. Company HQ, 2IC and 2 Bazookas
1. Combat Rifle platoon 9 rifles, 1 HQ, 1 Bazooka.
2. Combat Rifle platoon 9 rifles, 1 HQ, 1 Bazooka
B. Company HQ, 2IC and 2 Bazookas
3. Combat Rifle platoon 9 rifles, 1 HQ, 1 Bazooka.
4. Combat Rifle platoon 9 rifles, 1 HQ, 1 Bazooka.
5. Ammo and pioneer platoon 6 Rifles and 2 Bazookas.
6. Weapons platoon, 4 HMG’s and HQ.
7. Weapons platoon, 4 HMG’s and HQ.
C. Airborne Company command, 1 bazooka
8. Airborne platoon, 9 Rifles, 1 Bazooka
9. Airborne LMG platoon, 8 LMG’s

and of course there are Sherman’s currently in the paint and panel shop

I won’t show any close ups just yet… but the airborne are some of my best ever to date painted figures.. yes really!

I still have mortars to paint but they haven’t arrived because the army bag hasn’t arrived from the states yet.

I also have the weapons platoon for the army… which are still undercoated black.. looking like little … chared men.

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Don’t sit under the apple tree…

with anyone but me….

Hey… I have been a busy little bee (as Nero once said)..

I have spray painted the tigers… the king and the IE… the king was painted too wet and I will need to respray it as much or the exposed edges are still grey.

I also spray painted all the Sherman tanks… that’s 2 command tanks plus a 105mm Sherman and six 75mm Sherman’s.

And I have laid base putty on the rifle platoons that hadn’t been based… still have the Airborne troops to base tonight.

so I have some 18 bases done last night to add to about 32 odd already done.. just need to paint the bases and flock them and they will be done.

The Shermans buy the way look excellent… I think I will stick to a olive drab green finish over all… I was thinking of doing the brown colour??? but I’m not so sure.

Things learnt:
Don’t mix spackle to vigorously or it will become aerated and shrink when drying.

Liquefying medium is terrific as a way of making your paint spray paintable and go further. A very thin coverage of this stuff mixed 50/50 with paint colour over two coats is excellent.

However I always add.. paint retardant (1 drop) and alcohol 5-7 drops to the 5 fl oz cup on the badger.

Always add a little more paint to the dry wall plaster that you think you will need as it whitens down a lot after drying.