Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Some More "Berlin Defenders"

 I have had these painted for a couple of weeks but motivation to post has been low, for some reason - anyway, I have finally got around to it. Once again, these are very nice 3d prints of RKX models by Pot Belly Miniatures in Wellington. They are Volksturm, the German version of Britains Home Guard.


Behind barricades I built specially for the last game - then forgot to take with me!






The command group


MG34 (I think) maybe it's a 42?


With and StG/MP 44


One of several armed with a Panzerschrek


Second Panzerschreck


And a third!


Changing the mag on an Stg 44


With a KAR98


BDM with a schmeisser


Older woman with - you guessed it - a Panzerschreck!



Lobbing a "Potato Masher"


Rifleman



A Parteimensch with KAR98

Finally, I have had my first "fail" with Temu.

I ordered this in my most recent order 



This is what arrived - a nice model but....


1/56 scale, it ain't! Maybe 1/72?


The pictures were to send to Temu to get a refund


Which came through within a few days - and of course, they don't want 3c worth of resin sent back to China, so I can add it to my 20mm collection!





9 comments:

  1. Well I am glad you did post Keith, The vagaries of Blogger are enough to diminish anyone's motivation. Great figures again and lovely paint jobs on them. That is also nice of the Chinese to add their contribution.

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    1. Thanks Lawrence - I have no issues posting now - I use the workaround Jon posted on PWJ a couple of weeks ago, and it seems to work - I post, then refresh it or whatever, and it appear on Jons blog list within a minute or two

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  2. Beautiful work as always sir ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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    1. Hah - I think that is a Russian joke, Alexey?!

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  4. That's a nice scenic drop in the background. The Pot Belly stuff looks nicely proportioned and not a Pot belly in sight :-)

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  5. Nice work Keith, an interesting mix of figures. The machine gun is I’m pretty sure meant to be a 42 different barrel ๐Ÿ‘

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    1. Cheers Matt - I thought because it had that small magazine that's the shape of a coffee mug, it might be the earlier version? I know its 1945 but guessing the Volksturm might have had older kit issued to them... I will have to check if it has the square or round barrel

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