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The Rolls-Royce armoured car was a British armoured car developed in 1914 and used in World War I and in the early part of World War II.
There are two models in the blister. The model comprises (as with most Flames of War models) a resin body and metal components for the wheels. The turret is metal though.
The models went together very easily.
The Hotchkiss H35 or Char léger modèle 1935 H was a French light tank developed prior to World War II.
So far I have two of these blisters and each contains three tanks. You can make them up either as the H-35 or the H-39. As well as the resin hulls and turrets you get metal tracks and rear engine covers.
The resin hull and turret.
See the workbench feature on the Flames of War French Hotchkiss H-39.
The Morris CS9/Light Armoured Car was a British armoured car used by the British Army in the World War II. The vehicle was based on a Morris Commercial C9 4×2 15-cwt truck chassis. On this chassis a rivetted hull was mounted with an open-topped two-man turret. The armament consisted of either Boys anti-tank rifle and Bren light machine gun or Vickers machine gun. The vehicle carried a No. 19 radio set.
The prototype was tested in 1936. A further 99 cars were ordered and were delivered in 1938. Thirty-eight of these cars were used by the 12th Royal Lancers in the Battle of France, where all of them were destroyed or abandoned.
Another 30 served with the 11th Hussars in the North African Campaign. It was found that when fitted with desert tyres the vehicle had good performance on soft sand. However, its armour and armament were insufficient. The vehicle was retired halfway through the North African Campaign.
A model of the Morris CS9 has been released for the Early Desert War, as part of the releases for Hellfire and Back by Battlefront. However I have decided to use them as part of my Early War Britis. I will therefore be painting mine green.
There are two models in the blister.
The Rolls-Royce armoured car was a British armoured car developed in 1914 and used in World War I and in the early part of World War II.
At the outbreak of World War II, 76 vehicles were in service. They were used in operations in the Western Desert, in Iraq, and in Syria. By the end of 1941, they were withdrawn from the frontline service as modern armoured car designs became available.
So there I was flicking through issue 286 of Wargames Illustrated when I noticed in the Hellfire and Back battle report a wonderful looking Rolls Royce Armoured Car.
I’ve always liked the Rolls Royce Armoured Car and though this is a desert version, wondering if it wouldn’t take much to convert it for Home Guard use. I would need to convert the turrets back from the open ones used in the desert to the older closed ones. Of course it would be nice if a non-desert version of the Rolls Royce Armoured Car was sold as part of Blitzkreig, but I am guessing it won’t be.
It was in 1940, that 34 vehicles which served in Egypt with the 11th Hussars regiment had the “old” turret replaced with an open-topped unit carrying a Boys anti-tank rifle, .303 inch Bren machine gun and smoke grenade launchers.
However I have decided to use them as part of my Early War Brits and not convert the turrets. As I am intending to explain away the open turret by assuming that the reasons the “old” turret was replaced in the desert would be applicable in to an invaded England, the need to replace the standard machine gun with an anti-tank weapon and a Bren gun. Well that;s my story and I am sticking to it. I might convert them at a later date anyhow.
There are two models in the blister.
The model comprises (as with most Flames of War models) a resin body and metal components for the wheels. The turret is metal though.
Lots of nice detail on the model.
I did eventually get a set of the Street Barricades that were released last February.
Couldn’t get one from my usual shops, so in the end I had to send off for a box. Even then it took a while to get here.
Within the box you get two identical street sections, one overturned Opel Blitz and one pile of barricade, both designed to fill the gaps in the street sections. All are made from resin.
These are very nice castings and lots of detail.
Before I started painting them I looked over these excellent painting guides from Battlefront.
I like how in the tutorial they have painted the truck as a civillian truck.
This is a boxed set with parts to make four four 105/155mm C mle 1917 S guns with crew, Observer Rifle team, a Staff team and a Command Rifle team.
Having constructed the guns and put the crew on wooden sticks, the next stage was a white undercoat for the figures and the guns.
I also gave the guns a white undercoat.
I also sprayed the underneath of the guns with a Humbrol Dark Brown spray to add shadow.
This is a boxed set with parts to make four four 105/155mm C mle 1917 S guns with crew, Observer Rifle team, a Staff team and a Command Rifle team.
I initially decided that I would make two of the guns as 105mm L mle 1913 S guns.
Here are the two 105mm L mle 1913 S guns, I am using road wheels rather than spoked on these.
Here are the two 155mm mle 1917 Howitzers.
The completed 105mm L mle 1913 S gun.
I was going to make the 155mm mle 1917 Howitzers with the provided spoked wheels, however after thinking and reflecting about it, I decided that I would make up all four as 105mm L mle 1913 S guns.
Following on from my earlier post, we now have more details about the new Flames of War German Armoured Train.
There are four new models, the locomotive, an artillery wagon, an infantry wagon and a flak wagon.
I really do like this model and much prefer it over the Polish armoured train.
Well it looks like another company is getting into the plastic 15mm models suitable for Flames of War or similar world war two games.
Wargames Factory who already make a significiant range of 1/56th and 28mm scale plastic miniatures are working on a range of 15mm sets in plastic. The first of which is Late War German Infantry.
Nothing has been announced about other boxed sets, but will be interesting to see what else that have planned.
This is a boxed set with parts to make four four 105/155mm C mle 1917 S guns with crew, Observer Rifle team, a Staff team and a Command Rifle team.
I glued the crew and other sections to wooden sticks to make them easier to paint.
There are five crew for each gun.
Here is the Staff team.
Here is the Here is the Command Rifle team.
You also get a couple of prone infantry to use as the Observer Rifle team. These I based directly on the FoW plastic base.
See the full workbench feature on the French Heavy Artillery Battery.