Saturday, 25 April 2026

ANZAC Day - 111 Years Since the Landing at Gallipoli

 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!

7 comments:

  1. 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.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks 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.

      Delete
  2. Lovely work on the tanks, especially the Tiger

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Cheers 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!

      Delete
  3. Lots of green in your future. Tanks looked very nice. Camouflage scemes are nice too. Late war camouflage a real powerful as a unit identifier.

    ReplyDelete
  4. The camo work on the Tiger is outstanding.

    ReplyDelete