Category: flames of war

Base coating the TOG I Tank Platoon

The TOG 1 was designed in the expectation that battlefields of the war might end up like those of the Great War. Its specifications required it to be able to cross any sort of churned-up countryside and trenches. Armed with a 2-pdr gun and machine-guns.

These are 15mm scale models for Flames of War. In the box are three models. These are resin castings, each model consists of a pair of resin tracks, resin hull, and a resin turret. Also in the box are metal weapons and plastic crew.

After washing the resin pieces I assembled the models. I then gave the models a white undercoat. The next stage was the base coat. I had thought about going down different routes with this. However, in the end I used some Army Painter Army Green Spray.

The next stage will be painting the tracks, or might add some camouflage.

Undercoating the TOG I Tank Platoon

I ordered the TOG I Tank Platoon for Flames of War.

The TOG 1 was designed in the expectation that battlefields of the war might end up like those of the Great War. Its specifications required it to be able to cross any sort of churned-up countryside and trenches. Armed with a 2-pdr gun and machine-guns.

In the box are three models. These are resin castings, each model consists of a pair of resin tracks, resin hull, and a resin turret. Also in the box are metal weapons and plastic crew.

After washing the resin pieces I assembled the models. I then gave the models a white undercoat.

The next stage will be a green base coat.

Construction of the TOG I Tank Platoon

I ordered the TOG I Tank Platoon for Flames of War.

The TOG 1 was designed in the expectation that battlefields of the war might end up like those of the Great War. Its specifications required it to be able to cross any sort of churned-up countryside and trenches. Armed with a 2-pdr gun and machine-guns.

In the box are three models. These are resin castings, each model consists of a pair of resin tracks, resin hull, and a resin turret. Also in the box are metal weapons and plastic crew.

After washing the resin pieces I assembled the models. Each tank is made up of of four resin pieces, two tracks, the main hull, and the turret. Then the metal parts were added, two hatches, the turret weapon and a barrel for the main hull weapon.

TOG 1 Tank

They have a similar look to the French Char B1.

TOG 1 Tank

I decided against adding crew models to the tanks. Here are all three models.

TOG 1 Tanks

The next stage will be a white undercoat.

Char 2c Tank Platoon

I have been thinking about getting some French Char 2c tanks for a while now.

After Agence Rol, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Char 2C was developed during the Great War, but did not enter operational service until after the war. It was a heavy tank landship designed for the trenches of the First World War. By 1921 , ten tanks were built, and were operational during the start of World War Two. After Germany broke through French defences in June 1940, they were sent away from the front to save them. They were unable to reach safety and deliberately destroyed to prevent capture.

I did think about getting some resin models, even a 3D printed version. However in December 2024 Battlefront announced that they were releasing models of the Char 2C.

Sadly they were delayed, but will be released at the end of the month. So, of course I pre-ordered a box, who wouldn’t. You get three models in the box, these are resin kits with metal parts.

TOG I Tank Platoon on the workbench

I pre-ordered the TOG I Tank Platoon for Flames of War.

In the box are three models.

These are resin castings, each model consists of a pair of resin tracks, resin hull, and a resin turret. Also in the box are metal weapons and plastic crew.

The next stage will be to wash the resin parts.

The TOG 1 was designed in the expectation that battlefields of the war might end up like those of the Great War. Its specifications required it to be able to cross any sort of churned-up countryside and trenches. Armed with a 2-pdr gun and machine-guns.

I already have a pair of TOG 2 tanks on the workbench, which I really should finish one day…

TOG I Tank Platoon on pre-order

I have pre-ordered the TOG I Tank Platoon for Flames of War.

The TOG 1 was designed in the expectation that battlefields of the war might end up like those of the Great War. Its specifications required it to be able to cross any sort of churned-up countryside and trenches. Armed with a 2-pdr gun and machine-guns.

I already have a pair of TOG 2 tanks on the workbench, which I really should finish one day…

Flames of War Early War Monsters

We have had an update from Battlefront about the Early War releases we heard about before.

We saw again the TOG 1, the Char 2C, but also the German Early Wars Monster, not quite the Großtraktor I thought it might be in my blog post last July.

The tank they have gone for is the Neubaufahrzeug. Multi-turreted, heavy and slow, they were not considered successful, which led to only five being produced. These were primarily used for propaganda purposes and training, though three took part in the Battle of Norway in 1940.  The Neubaufahrzeug had many connections to the previous Großtraktor, utilising many of the same components including the engine and transmission.

Battlefront also showed us some pages on the other Early War Monsters as well.

Thinking about that 15mm German Armoured Train

After much consideration I did in the end get a German Armoured Train for Flames of War. Though they were not used on the Western Front (as far as I am aware) it is my intention to use it against British (and American) tanks. Then again I might just get in a few Soviet tanks for a quick game.

Well that plan which I decided I would do, was back in 2013, and then like too many projects, it got shelved and put in that pile of shame, that I guess quite a few of us have.

There was another kit I liked, which I didn’t get, which was the Tank Hunter Car.

I have been thinking about getting the models out again and getting them painted. I think what may have delayed the model was the fact that the completed models on the Battlefront website (at the time) were painted using an airbrush. 

They don’t sell them on the Battlefront website any more, and they seem to sell on eBay, so another option would be to sell them and then buy some different resin models to add to that pile of shame. Decisions, decisions.