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Ruins

A ruined imperial building from the display cabinets at GamesDay 2006. Nice use of floor beams.

Masking the Kill Bursta

Having given the Kil Bursta a white undercoat, the next stage was to mask the model before giving the track sections a black undercoat.

See the full workbench feature on the Kil Bursta.

Imperial Control Point

An Imperial Control Point based in the ruins of an Imperial building.

From GamesDay 2006.

Flames of War British M10 / 17pdr SP Achilles

The 17 pounder, Self Propelled, Achilles was a British variant of the American M10 Tank destroyer armed with the powerful British Ordnance QF 17 pounder anti-tank gun in place of the standard 3″ (76.2 mm) Gun M7. With a total of 1,100 M10s converted, the 17 pdr SP Achilles was the second most numerous armoured fighting vehicle to see service armed with the 17 pounder gun, behind the Sherman Firefly.

Purchased a couple of Flames of War blister of the M10. They were on sale and cheaper than normally.

Within each blister you get a resin hull and turret, metal parts and plastic tracks.

Interesting to note that though both models have the same code and were purchased at the same time from one retailer, one came with a complete resin turret, whilst the other had a turret which was part resin and part metal! The resin turret is much crisper and nicer than the metal component.

See the workbench feature on the British M10 / 17pdr SP Achilles.

Imperial Navy Vulture Gunship

Imperial Navy Vulture Gunship from the Forge World displays at GamesDay 2007.

I do wonder if we would ever see a plastic Vulture, but though I thought we would never see a plastic Valkyrie, I do think it unlikely that we will see a plastic Vulture.

The current Forge World kit, which use to be 100% resin, now combines resin parts with sprues from the plastic Valkyrie kit.

See more photographs of the Imperial Navy Vulture Gunship.

Undercoating the Kill Bursta

Having glued the model together the next stage for the Kill Bursta was a white undercoat.

See the full workbench feature on the Kil Bursta.

Ork Stompa

Scratchbuilt Stompa from GamesDay 2008. — Scratchbuilt Stompa from GamesDay 2008

Very much like the old Epic model.

Scratchbuilt Ork Stompa from GamesDay 2008.

Flames of War Panther A Platoon

Panther is the common name of a medium tank fielded by Nazi Germany in World War II that served from mid-1943 to the end of the European war in 1945. It was intended as a counter to the T-34, and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV; while never replacing the latter, it served alongside it as well as the heavier Tiger tanks until the end of the war. The Panther’s excellent combination of firepower, mobility, and protection served as a benchmark for other nations’ late war and immediate post-war tank designs, and it is frequently regarded as one of the best tank designs of World War II.

The resin and metal certainly fills the box.

There are five Panthers in the box and the hulls and turrets are in resin.

The tracks and the rest of the gubbinz are in metal. There are quite a few parts to the model and there are opportunities to customise each model further. What’s nice about this pack is that each of the models is individually sculptured so there are subtle differences between each of the tanks. The parts include the tracks, mudguards, the cupola with an option to put in a tank commander, the front MG, exhausts, skirts and the main weapon.

The first stage was to wash the resin to get rid of any mould lubricant.

See the workbench feature on my Flames of War Panther A Platoon.