Monday, 17 February 2014

Wheely good guns.


As part of the recruitment drive for my 1/32 scale early 20th Century 'Russian' (or Tratvian) Army I needed some more machine guns.  As I already had a few spare Charbens MGs (see this earlier post) it seemed churlish to consider anything else.  I did, however, decide to make them more 'Maxim-like' by adding wheels.  A rummage in the spares box yielded some 1/72 PAK-40 wheels which I thought looked vaguely suitable.  Having now painted the ensemble I am rather pleased with the end result.
The photo shows a pair of the newly varnished Maxims with excited officers shouting encouragement.
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5 comments:

  1. Pete.18 February 2014 at 00:16

    They look good Tim, the little wheels do make them look more Russian somehow.

    I saw some of the Armies in Plastic 54mm stuff at an IPMS show on Sunday, they are nice but I didn't buy any... :(

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  2. Tim Gow18 February 2014 at 08:17

    Pete
    Yet.....

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  3. Paul Foster18 February 2014 at 21:06

    Maxim effort in this bodge Tim.

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  4. Pete.19 February 2014 at 00:39

    Ah I can see what you are getting at... I'll wait until I've had a game I expect....

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  5. Tim Gow19 February 2014 at 14:51

    Paul Foster
    Such is the joy of a well-stocked spares box. Even if it's mostly for different scales!

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