Boeing E767 AWACS

I mentioned in the recent post about my Japanese C-130 that there was an even more outrageous model to come.  Here it is.  Built from a Doyusha plastic kit, this is a 1/300 scale model of the militarised 767, complete with flying saucer attachment on the roof.  God knows how I'll find a way to include it in a game - all I can say is that stranger things have flown, driven and to a lesser extent, sailed across my wargames table...

British Armoured Brigade - 1940

Skulking in the same box as the Morris and Rolls-Royce armoured cars, and completed at around the same time is my 1940 British Armoured Brigade.  In the early 1990s I picked up a number of early cruiser tanks made by Black Star Models.  Most are destined for service in North Africa, but I decided to build a Brigade for use in Europe in 1940.  I am still impressed at my restraint in not building the whole of 1st Armoured Division, but then the real one was never fully deployed. 

A9 Cruiser.  This is a particular favourite of mine as it is so obviously past it's best by 1940.  Two MG turrets - what were they thinking?

A13 Mk1.  These were ridiculously fast.  When they worked.

Vickers MkVI light tank.  This is a metal kit by RAFM - who did a small but very useful range - are they still available?

The whole of the mighty brigade assembled for action.

Be careful what you wish for...

During the discussion (comments) which followed the recent post about my Morris Armoured Car (http://megablitzandmore.blogspot.com/2011/04/morris-armoured-car.html), and the merits or otherwise of the mighty Boys AT rifle with which it is armed, Paul (this one: http://plasticwarriors.blogspot.com/) suggested that althought it would struggle with tanks, a Honda might make a good target.  Unfortunately, the commander of the Morris (see photo below) is a regular reader - and it clearly gave him ideas!

The Morris car's commander scans the landscape from the wargames room window sill for suitable targets...

aha, what's this he can see?

Target acquired! (my Wife's CR-V - bought a couple of weeks ago)

Damn - out of range!  So he makes a call to some chums...

...in the Medium Artillery Regiment, and soon....

A hit!  And when the smoke clears....

Oh dear. 

This will be rather tricky to explain to my domestic authorities....

Japanese C-130

Not much modelling to report over the weekend. As the weather was so nice we had a trip to the seaside on Saturday (sunny but breezy, so handy to have the Mazda van to shelter and make cups of tea in between walks) and various garden and chicken related activities occupied Sunday morning.

A couple of months ago I posted photos of some of my modern 6mm Japanese forces, finishing up with some aircraft (http://megablitzandmore.blogspot.com/2011/02/6mm-modern-japanese-part-4.html).  I am happy to report that after finishing a more models recently I can now add to the collection.

C-130 Hercules by F-Toys.  This model was pre-coloured and required assembly and markings.

The overall pale blue colour is rather striking on an aircraft of this size!

The C-130 came in the same set as the Orion and Neptune models.  The other C-130s included one which will end up as an RAF aircraft and two in the livery of the US 'Blue Angels' team.  One has already been repainted for use with my  Pakistani forces.

There is a further Japanese aircraft still to come.  It is far more outrageous than the Herc.