Noticed today that the armoured train on the front of the Flames of War website has been slowly moving down the track…
Very neat and clever, changing the picture on a daily basis to reveal more of the armoured train.
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Undercoating the Shermans
Having put the Shermans together the next stage was a white undercoat.
These Sherman tank miniatures come in the Open Fire Flames of War starter set
See the full workbench feature on these Sherman tanks.
Flames of War Armoured Train
Pictures have emerged of the Polish Armoured Train that will be released for Flames of War.
Having seen these I am wondering about how Battlefront will do the track (if at all). Those who have looked into this will release that 15mm or 1/100th scale trains use a TT scale track which isn’t easily available (unlike OO/HO or N gauge track).
Flames of War Barricades – 26th February
The Flames of War Barricades that were a sneak peak I mentioned back in December are to be released on the 26th February.
Really nice pieces of scenery.
Though released for the Eastern Front (Stalin’s War) I think they should work fine of the streets of most French towns. Now who does a 1/100th scale Citroen I can add to the barricade?
Arriving March…
Well look what we have here arriving in March from Flames of War…
Yay, armoured trains! Probably the Polish armoured train from the sneak peek.
No more information, just the photograph, so no details about what is available or cost. Hopefully they will be doing track as well as the trains, seems obvious from the photograph, but you never know…
As well as Blitzkreig there is also Stalin’s Europe, so we might see Russian and German armoured trains in the future.
What we won’t see of course is the British armoured trains that were used following the success of Operation Sealion…
DUKW
I really do like the new Flames of War DUKW models.
I’ve always liked the DUKW and this model does capture that bizarre look that the DUKW has. Pity they are US versions, the British used 2000 of them during World War Two. Well certainly might buy a section and add some Brits to it as a conversion.
15mm Home Guard MkIV Male Tank
I have had this tank for sometime. Don’t remember the manufacturer, though it may be Minifigs! When I was planning some Operation Sealion games back in the 1990s I intended that the Home Guard would make use of a museum Mark IV Male tank. I mentioned this also in an article I wrote on a French themed Operation Sealion, Otaire de Vigneur.
To add a bit of diversity to my games, I also have one of Minifigs’ World War One British tanks, for use by a Home Guard unit (stolen from a local museum no doubt).
Now when I wrote that article and bought the miniature it was only an assumption and what I thought would be a nice idea, and probably had no basis in truth….
Well just shows a little historical research never hurt anyone, as the Bovington Tank Museum has on display a Mark IV Male tank that was used just in this way. It was used in World War One and then presented to the Navy. When war broke out in September 1939, the Tank Mark IV (Male) number 2324 was refurbished for Home Guard duties; according to the Bovington Tank Museum website.
Our exhibit, a male tank, was presented to the Royal Navy’s Gunnery School, HMS Excellent after the war to commemorate their help training Tank Corps gunners and it was temporarily refurbished for Home Guard duties in 1940. (Believed to have been achieved by removed parts from another tank possibly on Southsea Common.)
This photograph is from HMS Excellent in 1940.
Another view of the Mark IV at speed.
So though I thought my idea was probably if Operation Sealion had happened, I didn’t think and didn’t realise that it had in fatc happened despite the fact that the Germans hadn’t invaded.
So if you are playing Flames of War Operation Sealion games using the Blitzkreig sourcebook
Now who has the stats for a Mark IV tank for Flames of War?
Undercoating the Stug G Assault Guns
Having stuck the Flames of War German StuG G Assault Guns together the next stage was a white undercoat.
These German Stug G miniatures come in the Open Fire Flames of War starter set
See the full workbench feature on these StuG G Assault Guns.
15mm Kublewagen
Don’t remember the manufacturer. I have painted this model. I gave the model a black undercoat, I then started to paint it with dark grey.
I really don’t like this model, it doesn’t look right and seems well out of proportion. The detail is quite out of scale too. My intention is to use it for scenery.
Flames of War – German StuG G Assault Guns
These miniatures come in the Open Fire Flames of War starter set.
The StuGs come all in resin with separate metal main weapons. If you buy the StuGs individually they come with metal tracks.
Side view.
The gun barrels were fixed by superglue.
See the full workbench feature on these StuG G Assault Guns.