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Flames of War Jagdpanther

The Jagdpanther was a tank destroyer built by Nazi Germany during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank. It entered service late in the war and saw service on the Eastern and Western fronts. Many military historians consider the Jagdpanther to be one of the best tank destroyers of the war due to the combination of the very powerful 8.8 cm KwK 43 cannon and the characteristically excellent armor and suspension of the Panther chassis.

The kit consists of a resin hull and metal components such as tracks and track guards. I took the metal tracks and glued them to the hull. They were a good fit and certainly add weight to the model.

The tracks were glued to the hull.

What I think is the radio was glued to the rear of the upper part of the hull.

The remaining metal components were then fitted to the tank.

Alongisde my Total Battle Miniatures ruins.

See the workbench feature on the Jagdpanther.

Flames of War Jagdpanther

Managed to get one cheap in a Hobbycraft sale.

The kit consists of the resin building, a resin hull and metal components such as tracks and track guards.

The main part of the model is the resin hull, which is well detailed.

See the workbench feature on the Jagdpanther.

The kit also contains a resin ruined building.

You can see how I am painting the ruined building on this page.

Flames of War German Armoured Train

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.

Wargames Factory Plastic 15mm German Infantry

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.

15mm P1000 Ratte

From the workbench at Forged in Battle…

If I didn’t know any better I would have said it was the 1st April when I saw this model.

It’s huge! In 15mm scale it’s over a foot long (30cm). Of course in reality it was never built, it never got beyond the drawing stage, with a few plans put together.

Armed with twin 280mm naval guns and powered by two U-Boat engines it would have dominated the landscape before it entered into battle. It would also have been a prime target for allied airpower.

I have written before about Late War Monsters for Flames of War.

I would also like to see some Late War Monsters in a similar vein to the Mid War Monsters that we have seen before. As well as the German Maus, King Tiger II and E series, we could on the allied side see the Centurion and M26 Pershing. There are also the T29 and T30 US Heavy Tanks that could also be fielded.

When I wrote that I didn’t consider the outlandish super heavy tanks, the P1000 Ratte or even the P1500 Monster. Who would have thought that someone would go and make one of these two huge German tank designs.

Basecoating the Flames of War German Panther A Platoon

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.

Having given the underneath of the models a dark brown undercoat to add shadow I then applied the final basecoat of Flames of War Warpaint Late War German Armour.

This is the command tank.

See the full workbench feature on the Flames of War German Panther A Platoon.

Shadowing the Flames of War German Panther A Platoon

Having given the models a white undercoat, I then sprayed the underneath of the models with a Humbrol Dark Brown spray to add shadow when I apply the final basecoat of Flames of War Warpaint Late War German Armour.

See the full workbench feature on the Flames of War German Panther A Platoon.

Flames of War German Armoured Train

In this month’s Wargames Illustrated we get to see our first look at the German Armoured Train, which will be released on the 3rd March.

Unlike the Polish armoured train, the German Armoured Train is split between four/five boxed sets, one of which has already been released. We have already seen the Tank Hunter Cars that I quite like.

The four new releases are the Locomotive and Anti-aircraft car (pictured above) alongside an Artillery car and an Infantry car.

I have a bit of a thing about armoured trains, but did stop short of buying the Polish one when it was released.

However I am quite tempted by this one.

Of course most of my Flames of War models are based around the Normandy Campaign, don’t think the Germans used Armoured Trains in Normandy, but if you have any info on that would be pleased to hear it. Otherwise I will be out buying some T-34s.

15mm Plastic Panthers

One of the latest releases from The Plastic Soldier Company are 15mm Panther tanks.

The kit comes with all the respective parts to make either the A, D or G variants.

I already have a box of the Flames of War Panthers, so probably won’t get this kit. However the plastic kit is very good value at £17.95 for five tanks, compare that to the resin/metal box from Flames of War which is £41.00. Of course not everyone likes plastic kits and may prefer resin models.

Another advantage of the price is that you could use them for scenic pieces too.