warhammer, wh40k, flames of war, bolt action, aeronautica imperialis, star wars, models, news, views and stuff
I really do like this forthcoming Italian Monastery from Flames of War.
Due in the shops on the 30th July, it looks like a really nice piece of scenery. I do wish that we could see more scenery for Flames of War, for example I really liked the barricades for Stalin’s War.
Having seen this picture on the Flames of War website, decided that this was a really nice model.
So I decided to get a blister.
Photographs of Cromwell ARVs in action in France.
These are the resin and metal pieces.
See the workbench feature on the Cromwell ARV.
The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162, was a tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis built in three main variants.
I managed to get these two blisters on special offer.
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.
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.
I’ve always like the Krupp truck, probably as a result of buying the Matchbox 1/76th scale model kit.
You may recall an earlier blog post on the influence of Matchbox and Airfix kits on my purchasing decisions.
So was pleased to see that the truck was also available for Flames of War. Decided to get a couple even though I am building a Late War German force.
As well as the boxed set, I also have the German Panzergrenadier Platoon blister. It contains three squads.
A veteran of World War I, in the 1920s and 1930s de Gaulle came to the fore as a proponent of mobile armoured divisions, which he considered would become central in modern warfare. During World War II, he reached the temporary rank of Brigadier General, leading one of the few successful armoured counter-attacks during the 1940 Fall of France, and then briefly served in the French government as France was falling.
Charles de Gaulle is available for Flames of War and comes with a Somau S35 objective. The blister contains the metal parts and resin objective.
The Char B1 was a French heavy tank manufactured before the Second World War. It was a specialised heavy break-through vehicle, originally conceived as a self-propelled gun with a 75 mm howitzer in the hull; later a 47 mm gun in a turret was added, to allow it to function also as a Char de Bataille, a “battle tank” fighting enemy armour, equipping the armoured divisions of the Infantry Arm.
Among the most powerfully armed and armoured tanks of its day, the type was very effective in direct confrontations with German armour in 1940 during the Battle of France, but a slow speed and high fuel consumption made it ill-adapted to the war of movement then fought. After the defeat of France captured Char B1 (bis) would be used by Germany, some rebuilt as flamethrowers or mechanised artillery.
It’s as the German flamethrower variant that is sold for Flames of War that I purchased. At the time of writing battlefront have repackaged the blister as early war French version. I got two blisters of the Char B1.
Though having looked at the army lists in the Blitzkrieg book it looks like I should really have three, however there were only two in the shop when I bought them. So I ordered a third when I made a recent order for Flames of War.
Within the blister you get the resin hull and turret whilst the rest of the model is whitemetal.
See the full workbench feature on my Char B1 bis platoon.
I have also managed to get a fourth one to make as a command version.
As well as buying the Panzergrenadier Headquarters I also was given the Panzergrenadier Platoon as a present.
In the box you get a bunch of resin, plastic and metal.
I do believe that I might need two packs for my army…
See more of the models for Flames of War on my workbench.