A welcome find in JB's box of treats was this old Airfix Corsair. It was actually pretty solid and needed only paintwork and decals.
I went for an overall mid-blue finish. Basic but effective.
A welcome find in JB's box of treats was this old Airfix Corsair. It was actually pretty solid and needed only paintwork and decals.
Following the apparent success a couple of years ago (where does the time go?) of my Isonzo game, I felt motivated to paint some of the Waterloo 1815 (so HAT) WW1 Italians I had in stock. So naturally I couldn’t find them. Time passed and they finally surfaced a few months ago - doubtless during a search for something unrelated - so I decided their time had come.
Next port of call was the appropriate volume of Funcken. I have no doubt gushed on about these wonderful books before and make no apologies for doing so again.I was particularly pleased to find in JB's box this Avenger. It was a relatively quick fix. I opted for an overall mid-blue with the earlier-pattern markings. I like it.
Here is the finished MiG. In the end I opted for Chinese markings. I’d hoped to find North Korean decals but I have none in stock, and a set of North Vietnamese markings is earmarked for a newer model (in every sense) of MiG. A useful addition to my accumulation of aircraft.
Having slapped on an undercoat of matt black, I followed up with (fairly roughly applied) Revell silver. Some red highlights were added and the canopy painted over. Now I’m off to the decal box in search of something suitable.
This was another of the Rommel in 1914 Skirmish Campaigns series - albeit this time without Lieutenant R himself. I set up the table and ran it over Zoom using A Fistful of Lead rules. Broadly a platoon of Germans had to pass along the road and the Frenchies had to prevent this.
Martin, Russell and Simon were the wicked Germans. John and Diego the French.
The French had two sections deployed using woods and shell holes as cover. The shell holes are nice resin castings I picked up on eBay. The chaps were an assortment from my accumulation of 54mm metal figures.