Tinkering with.... Warlord Sdkfz 251/C into a Sdkfz 251/17

Been waiting on this conversion for a while, previously resin based 251 versions have made the conversion difficult, however with the advent of the plastic Warlord 251/C it is finally achievable.

The 2cm flak is care of Company B, although Warlord have one coming in the wings.

This is as far as I have got this session, am waiting on more deck tread for gun platform so it will be a week or two before any further progression.

This is the bare bones, the Warlord 251 and the Company B 2cm Flak, from Bob @ The Wargames Command Post

 

 

All the bits taken off the sprues

 

 

The basic hull with the initial cut outs.

 

 

 

My last piece of decktread :o( clearly not enough.......

 

 

 

The side panels have been fabricated from plasticard and the bench has been halved to show the open ends. As you can see I have removed the rear doors.





This shows the left hand side platform, main deck and gun mount. And finally, where I've stopped for now.

 

 

28mm Jackal and WMIK Op Herrick

Heavily updetailed S and S Models WMIK and Jackal. Unusually from Shaun these are patterned at 1/56, which is most welcome. All the mods are detailed earlier on the blog for those that are interested.

These were an "interest" project for me, and I'm more than happy with the results, but they now need new homes, poa.

As always more pics on my flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/troop-of-shewe/sets/

15mm HUMVEE

15mm HUMVEE from Irish Serb Miniatures, minor mods with stowage etc, cant help thinking I should have put a Peter Pig gunner in place, but hey maybe next time.

As always I have taken load of "full fat" warts and all pictures of these to show off the detail, all captured in my extensive galleries

Troop of Shewe Flickr Gallery

 If you're interested in these before they hit ebay ( kids need new coats etc) please contact me:

neil@troop-of-shewe.co.uk

AAV7A1 Platoon

All finished! A nice change from "pea-dot" to "cookie dough!! Three 15mm AAV7A1 "Amtracks" from Brian at Irish Serb Miniatures. I have tinkered with these a reasonable amount, which is covered in a previous post, so now its just the pictures. Will follow up with the HUMVEE and Bradleys all of which will need new homes, as I've finished with them. As always I have taken load of "full fat" warts and all pictures of these to show off the detail, all captured in my extensive galleries

Troop of Shewe Flickr Gallery

 If you're interested in these before they hit ebay ( kids need new shoes etc) please contact me:

neil@troop-of-shewe.co.uk

Tinkering with...IrishSerbs' AAV7 & Bradley's

 Another speculative buy and a tentative leap into moderns, three AAV7A1 Amtraks and M2A2 Bradley's and a Humve. All arrived from the States, safe and sound, lovely casts, no air bubbles or flaws and even some spares thrown in, all in all excellent service from Brian.

After some research on the web I up-detailed where I was confident and added loads of "green stuff " stowage. No really much to do on these, I was going to open some hatches, but, well, I'll save that for another time.

Quick summary of Mods:

• Stowage Racking on AAV7 
• Aerial Points
• Grenade munition supply feed
• Stowage and more stowage.
• deployed one TOW launcher

Am looking for any pointers on further mods and more particularly camo schemes, thoughts so far are :

• Bradleys - sand overall with broad grey patches
• AAV7 - european three tone but with sand coloured armour add-ons

I picked up some useful pointers from Werwulfs warroom, so many thanks: 

http://werwulfswarroom.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/irish-serbs-m2-bradley.html

And Brains site:

https://sites.google.com/site/irishserbsminiatures/

PSC Shermans - Little Beauties

Following on from my earlier post, here is the final results of the PSC Sherman up detailing.

I am disappointed with my pictures as they don't show the details that well, all have light protectors and extra detailing on the stowage, oh well..... Figures are a mix of Peter Pig and Skytrex ( before the 50% price hike!) and hybrids of the both. The recovery is Skytrex with mods.

and a reminder of their humble beginnings

  

As always more pictures on my flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/troop-of-shewe/sets/

Snow Effects - Battlefront Germans

Really happy with how these came out, spent a little bit more time and I think it paid off. 2013 will see a lot more 15mm from me, Normandy and Arab-Israeli for Yom Kippur, both projects for me!

These little chaps are BF with a few Peter Pig thrown in, snow is Bi-carbonate of soda and PVA - simples!

As always full pictures on my flickr :
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/troop-of-shewe/sets/