The first, German Shabby Trick Two; Civilians, which will come in play with the "glider landings' scenario.
For the British, the Drink Cabinet which will be available in "crossing the canal" scenario after a Stuka attack, one of the bombs lands short of its target building and uncovers a stash of "Vino".
These items are specific for early war action from the Chain of Command Blitzkrieg 1940 handbook.
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| Painted figures just prior to basing. |
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| The metal figures are from Berlin or Bust miniatures. |
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| Figures super glued on 60 mm plastic base and Milliput added and set aside to dry. |
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| painted the bases. |
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| Added the flock. |
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| Completed civilians |
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| My take on the wine cabinet, instead of using a actual cabinet I would have thought the French would have hid their precious wines by burying them in the garden. |
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| First step make the wooden crates and build up a mount of earth around the crates with plastic sprue on a plastic base. |
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| Using Milliput build up the earth around the crates. |
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| Make the lids of the crates and roll out wine bottle again using the Milliput . |
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| Once the Milliput is set, super glue all the items and prime with Black Undercoat. Paint and apply a gloss vanish over the bottles to give them a shine. |
Cheers John
Nice work. Love the wine stash!
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Lovely work on the Civilians - I had my eye on that set too but the same purpose - nice to see them painted up. Can't help but think that wine might be slightly 'corked' by the explosion..... ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks John, yes I had to use a different style to paint them, the explosion was close by, that just reviled the top of the wine crates :-) , the troops had to dig them out :-).
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Awesome works!
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Great work, but love the wine stash, very creative!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve, I also modified the Matilda tracks.
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Wonderful French civilians and "terrain", ideal for the atmosphere! Très bon travail!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil for your comments
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Absolutely splendid John! Put me in mind of the story of Monsieur Gondree digging up bottles of champagne and handing them out to the troops.
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Matt
Thanks Matt, yes I read about that event in a book on the Pegasus bridge capture.
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really nice
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DeleteLovely work John!
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thanks Christopher
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Brilliant scratch building!
ReplyDeleteThank you Allan
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Great idea with the wine stash John,and lovely painting of the civilians.
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Pat.
Merry Christmas Pat and thank you for your comments
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Great work John :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Kym
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