Rare Earth Magnets

So the three konigstigers came with 6 rare earth magnets.  Rather than divide them up amongst the tanks and using them for holding, I don’t know turrets? in place I used them on my flak38’s which kept coming apart.  (sorry martin I’ll buy some more magnets and replace your share)

Well the theory was sound and after drilling a magnet sized hole in the gun platform and another in the base of the gun mount and gluing them in place they work rather well.  Unfortunately all the handling of the gun during the process knocked off a fair bit of paint and well a couple of them could do with a repaint, a slight problem given I don’t have an airbrush yet to do the camo.  Also there was an issue with the hot stuff super glue and I managed to all but strip one of them men.  So ruined some of my best painted FJ but on the upside the guns now clip in place and don’t fall off at the drop of a  hat.  Hmmmm……

Picture as promised.

Panther Kompany Pt 4

Yup.. got carried away and completed a heap of the fiddly stuff on the Pathers tonight.

Anyways I painted the two commanders and tried to paint pea dot  painjackets on them.

It kinda looks right but also looks a little dark.. more like falklands war British paras jackets.. but I was happy all the same.

So here is the eye candy…

HQ Kommander

2iccover

Project Panzergrenadier Kompany Pt6

The panzergrenadier Kompany has some additions.

The three HQ group Half tracks were airbrushed.  I like the pattern on these. They look very close to the first batch of  9 halftracks.

They have plastic wheels and tracks..which look better. The mg’s are better too.

And I have crudley camofalged the 2cm AA guns on armoured halftracks.

Great liitlle vehicles for clearing the flanks of infantry attacks and surprises.

But honestly a Armour of 0 isn’t much help in late war.

Anyways.. pictures as per usual.  (New camera too.. a 10 megapixel set at the low setting for email images… should look goo. I still prefer teh super macro setting on my earlier Cannon Powershot.. this new one is a bit tinney)

HQ Halftrcks

AAA halftracks

I intend to ass foliage camoflage to these… o that should hide some small mistakes.