With not a lot to do on Sunday 10 here in NZ - I pulled out the 15mm WW2 Soviets for their own parade. These are all the original, resin and metal models from the time the company was really just a cottage industry, run out of Marua Rodd in Auckland by Mark of "1866 and All That", with our gaming buddies Paul and Andrew working there at different times, and a couple of others also involved.
Assault guns and later war tanks at the rear, T34/76 and KV 1 at the front
I did have some KV 2 but back then, I did not like the disproportionately large square turret, and I sold them off to someone.
The aircraft are premade/pre painted 1:144 models I got for next to nothing out of a hobby store in Hong Kong - isn't the internet a wonderful tool?!
All stars, numbers and slogans were hand painted on - I must have been mad!
Goodness knows if they slogans are correct - in pre internet days, I got a Russian language dictionary from the library and just cobbled together phrases like "To Berlin" or "To The West" etc!
BUT wait ........ there's MORE!
I found a fourth box and decided for completeness, I needed to parade them as well!
Huge SU 152 assault guns at the rear then winter camo T34/85 and other assault guns, BT7 fast tanks and some transport for the infantry!
A lot of Lend Lease American transport - mainly because, at the time (early to mid 1990's) Battlefront did not do any Russian trucks etc.
A very impressive parade.
ReplyDeleteThanks Scotty!
DeleteSuper collection Keith and makes for a very impressive parade, if I ever get into WW2 or Cold War gaming it will be in 15mm or 10mm as you can field so many different vehicles on the table.
ReplyDeleteCheers Donnie - yes, smaller scales are probably better for tank warfare - even though more recently, I have got caught up in the aesthetic of 28mm armour!
DeleteGosh, that's impressive. When would you ever get all of that on a games table?
ReplyDeleteAlmost certainly never I would imagine Richard, although it would soon look a lot smaller on Barrys 18 x 6 foot table!
DeleteMy old Battlefront Canadian armour platoons wouldn't have looked as impressive as this roll-out. I was a fool to leave them behind when I moved out after the divorce. (Guess my ex sold them on Craigslist... Bleh)
ReplyDeleteThose old resin and metal sculpts could be a pain to put together but once painted up, they always looked great to me.
Oh dear, that was a bad decision Dai 😕 I only have the old style FoW stuff...by the time they changed to plastic, I was on to something else! They have rarely seen any action o the table top.
DeleteImpressive stuff Keith...they would look great with an AI generated Red Square background!
ReplyDeleteHah...never even occurred to me Mark, despite all my messing around with AI generation!
DeleteImoressive 15mm collection. They are from the era that my Italians appeared out of. Certainly, you aught to have a barnburner for the start.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe.....who was it said the Brits and Americans are two great people separated by a common language.....I had to use AI to understand what you meant by have a barnburner! "American English idiom for something thrilling or hard to ignore, " according to Co Pilot!
DeleteEnough vehicles there that you might have configured them to spell out "Victory"
ReplyDeleteNow why didn't I thinkof that, Ed....in English or Russian...or maybe both!
DeleteWow Keith! You certainly don't do things by half do you!
ReplyDeleteAn awesome collection
Thanks Ben! My 15mm WW2 collection is large, but rarely used.
DeleteInsane armour collection but in a good way?
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Haha, that's what happens when you don't have to pay for them, Iain! I used to help out at Battlefront in the early days and was "paid" in product.
DeleteThat and your previous post are marvellous (days in) May parades indeed!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, James
Thanks James - I was quite impressed myself, when I got them all out on the table together!
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