Most of this post is just a standard update from the painting desk, but the first image is from our reception desk at work, One of our two receptionists Cath is married to a guy with a more than passing interest in military history - he used to work at one of our sister companies too but is now retired. They have been to ANZAC Day in Gallipoli, he has played the bagpipes at the Menin Gate ceremony and even got involved in helping guide NZ centric WW1 battlefield tours at one point!
A couple of images from the Pukekohe service today
Now, the latest output from the workbench!
28mm Italeri Tiger 1
It's been ages since I painted this German WW2 style camo
I always thought it looked really cool!
And the first of the trio of Warlord 28mm T34/85 tanks is done, too!
Late war, so it has the air recognition markings hand painted onto the turret
A fair bit of stowage has been added to all three of the Russian tanks
And here are the latest arrivals from Pot Belly Miniatures - RKX 3D prints
M30 Field Gun
SU 100 SPG
T70 Light Tank
Some really nice, fine detail on these prints.
That's it for now - see you all again soon!
Very nice work on your tanks, they look great Keith. Nice to see some Anzac day photos, the unknown soldier graves are always sad to see, we have a few at out local cemetery form both wars.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie - the crosses were set up temporarily on the grass in front of our (War Memorial) Town Hall - to give it its full official title.
DeleteLovely work on the tanks, especially the Tiger
ReplyDeleteCheers Scotty - it's turned out quite nicely, I think! If I had an airbrush, and the skill to use it, I could probably make the camouflage better, but it looks fine using a brush in my opinion!
DeleteLots of green in your future. Tanks looked very nice. Camouflage scemes are nice too. Late war camouflage a real powerful as a unit identifier.
ReplyDeleteThere certainly is, Joe! I do think the Germans won hands down on the attractive camouflage stakes!
DeleteLove the Tiger!
ReplyDeleteMe too Jon - thanks 😊
DeleteThe camo work on the Tiger is outstanding.
ReplyDeleteCheers Richard, it's turned out well
DeleteLovely camo job on the tiger, dude. If it’s possible to have a happy Anzac Day, (does it commemorate Gallipoli?) I hope you have one.
ReplyDeleteThank you JBM....a "good" Anzac Day is probably more appropriate! Yes, it is the anniversary of the first landing...there are Dawn Services at 0600 nationwide because that's when the first wave of troops began landing
DeleteGood job on the Tiger’s Camo, not an easy thing to pull off.
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm...my previous attempts were mostly 15mm.
DeleteOh! Beautiful tanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal!
DeleteGreat camouflage work on the Tiger Keith. Was it fiddly to do? The T34/85s look great too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence. It wasn't too bad - I used the box art on the Italeri packaging as a guide. Glad you like the T34 too - the other two have been spray-paint base coated today, along with the SU 100, the M 30 gun, the little T70 and a German 8 wheel SdKfz 234 I have had knocking around for a while!
DeleteGreat work on the tanks Keith. The Tiger's camouflage is not bad against the ruined buildings 😁
ReplyDeleteNot sure if you have ever seen The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum YouTube site but they have an entertaining video on driving the PzIV and the T34.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0umweipUbM
Not too bad at 20 minutes long but also interesting are the comments below in Russian that when you translate tell them they are doing it all wrong, should start in 2nd gear not first, etc. Anyway a bit amusing.
Great of your work to do the ANZAC display.
Thanks Ben - I have not seen that so might take a look, thanks for the tip!
DeleteSalute to all those boys who didn't return and the ones that returned changed.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, nice sentiment 👍
DeleteANZAC Day: in these post modern times, such commemorations and remembrances are more important than ever.
ReplyDeleteAgreed Peter. Thanks for your comments
DeleteMuch respect to the ANZAC soldiers! Nice WW2 armor too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dean. I noticed on something I glanced at on Google that there was an Anzac ceremony somewhere on Hawaii.
DeleteGreat looking tanks.....love the Tiger!
ReplyDeleteCheers Ray, glad you like it!
DeleteThe camo on that Tiger is so good! Must have taken a bit to get it right I'd wager.
ReplyDeleteThe Russian T34/85 looks great too. Wonder how they did air recognition markings on white-washed armour?
Excited for the new additions to get paint, especially that SU100
Thanks Dai, the Tiger camo was easier than I expected it to be. Glad you like the T34 too...I think the air recognition markings only
Deletecame in near the end of the war and apparently the Russians didn't use as much white winter camo as we might think?
The SU100 and other Soviet armour are three quarters complete, thanks to a three day weekend and adult kids!
A nice tribute there Keith and I saw the the Princess of Wales attended a commeration service recently. Lovely work on the tanks and some nice new printed purchases too:). Sadly I can't help but notice the build lines and support pips on the prints, due to having spend too many years having to remove them during my career!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve - funny you say that about the support pips - my mate Andrew, who also used to work professionally as a model maker too, asked me about the trails on the M30 gun - he had checked out images of the real thing, and thought all the dots along the top, that look like (and I had assumed were) bolts, were in fact where the supports had been - BUT, I am not so sure - I had another look at them tonight and took a couple of close up images - I reckon they are intentional, even if possibly inaccurate....
DeleteLovely looking pair of tanks , I thought the air recognition was just for Berlin? 3d prints look good to me, even with Steves caveats!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain. You may well be right about the air recognition markings...fortunately, I have only put them on late war tanks...T34/85 and IS 2's!
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