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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.
I was pleased to read that The Plastic Soldier Company have recently released 15mm WW2 Russian Infantry in Summer Uniform in plastic. Very nice they look too.
If you have read my (main) website recently you will know that I have started looking at and thinking about playing Flames of War (at the time of writing I have only done some modelling and reading the rules).
Now I am not actually playing Russians so these models are less useful than it would seem. However this is just the first release of many planned by The Plastic Soldier Company.
They are also intending to release, in 15mm in the near future:
I would suspect that we will see German stuff too, and a lot more if this stuff sells – which I suspect it will. That’s when I will be buying some… though slightly tempted by the T34 tanks.
I have been looking at Flames of War for a while now, as back in the late 1990s I bought a lot of 15mm (1/100th) World War Two tanks and miniatures; I even painted some!
On the Flames of War website they have a very nice article on building a Dad’s Army unit for Flames of War.
The article not only has pictures of the nicely painted miniatures, it also has pictures of how the different miniatures were modelled.
I have always liked the idea of gaming Operation Sealion and this article is quite inspiring.
Dad’s Army defending Lyddle End from the invading German forces, circa 1940…
Many years ago I bought a bundle of Dad’s Army and German forces in 15mm for playing Operation Sealion games. I painted some, but most have spent a lot of time unprimed and unpainted.
Having recently read a few books recently which have rekindled my interest in Operation Sealion. These have included Collaborator by Murray Davies which is set in a nazi occupied Britain and tells the story of a British soldier working for the occupying forces as a translator who then gets involved in the resistance…
Real history books which have also inspired included Berlin The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor, the author of Stalingrad. and The Model Occupation: The Channel Islands Under German Rule, 1940-1945.
The Leader by Guy Walters though not an Operation Sealion alternative history, also provided inspiration.
This picture shows one of my Dad’s Army vehicles which I have repainted, It is set with some N Gauge scenery from the Lyddle End Hornby range.
The N Gauge models are out of scale, 1/148th compared to the 1/100th scale of 15mm World War Two. I also want to use the buildings with Warmaster figures as well.