450 - Bofors 40mm S-P - Almost There!

With luck, these bad-boys will be more-or-less finished tomorrow:

[NB: The weirdly slap-dash small basing is because these chaps are likely to move eventually to a large bae with their vehicle. It's a temporary fix for now...]

All that's left to do now is the markings to paint, transfers to apply, sepia to wash on and basing for the small stands. Easy, right?

Yes, this is the same truck from both sides - I couldn't be bothered to fiddle with t'other vehicle too for the sake of a W-i-P!

More pics and more news soon,

Cheers,

- D.

449 - "Brewing-Up" Objective...Finished!

Yup: I'm done - and honestly I'm pretty happy with it!

Here 'tis; notes to follow below: 

yay - details!

You'll note I've kept the Carrier free from unit markings - this is in the spirit of keeping it for general use.

Things I'm proud of include the following:

• The painting of general details like the driver's moustache and the rims of the enamel mugs (I remembered to paint the stock and furniture of the Tommy gun too);
• The painting of the Corporal's stripes and the Lieutenant's pips;
• The painting of the vehicle loading weight - it looks far better in real life, honest!
• The modelling and painting of the officer's map in the back (there's some dark green kit bundled up on the floor behind it too);
• The modelling and painting of the track marks - they worked better than I hoped!
• The modelling of the two brens...and the base on the whole, I suppose.

So there we go. A rather fun project...ticked off!

- Drax

448 - Bofors 40mm S-P W-i-P

Yay!

As a reward for all my work in my second job as an examiner this year: I bought myself a brace of Bofors, and (as the weather's actually dry enough to spray paint for once) I figured I'd quickly throw them together last night:

"Quickly"?

No. These little buggers are a fiddly pain. Still, I've done them now, and it just remains to paint them up - which, frankly, is unlikey to take too long as they're almost comically dull and simple: just the way I like it! Naturally, the barrels and sights are not attached yet, hence the droopy angles.

I've been wondering about whether or not to base them (with their gun commanders and No. 4 crewmen) but I figure they're a little more positionable without a large base, so I'll just wait until the peripheral bits start falling off them, I think, then it'll give them a litttle more longevity.

Other projects are not forgotten, and Hey! I'm off to see Zzzzzz this weekend! *smiles*

- Drax.