Book Review - Zimmerit the ultimate modeling guide.

 

 Zimmerit the ultimate modeling guide. 

So still diving down the modeling project if 17th SS vehicles in Pays de Loire and Normandy in June to August 1944. With that in mind I picked up the latest publication of Ammo paints, the tools and zimmerit paste. 

The books is an absolute cracker with the most comprehensive covering of the various patterns used on German vehicles I have ever seen. Each pattern is covered then a guide of how to achieve it with the tools and paste. Color me impressed, now to trial the paste myself in the coming weeks on some StuGs and panzer IVs. 

I will let you know how it performs 

Cheers

Matt

Terrain Tuesday - ohh la Vache

 Ohh la Vache 

Some cows for my modern and ww2 wargaming terrain filler. Based on the Normand cream cow that makes up the majority of soft rind cheeses in the Camembert and Brie valleys around us. 

Chasseur Ardennais

 

 Chassuers Ardennais 1st Regiment 

Completed four more rifle companies of FAA and Blitz/Battlefield and Early War miniatures for my First Chassuer Ardennais regiment. These chaps have been awaiting completion since the end of March and as I am going through a completion and clearing of my desk I thought I should get them done 100% including company markings on the rear of the base. Really happy with the results. I still have another battalion to build, however I hope to use FAA for them too, but with the tariffs all over the place. I will need to continue my search online I think for used ones. 

1st company 

Second company 

Third company 

Fourth company 

Light mortar attached to HQ

LMG attached to each company 

Cheers

Matt

Fahnenflüchtige- Deserters

 

 Fahnenflüchtige- Deserters

A grim diorama table piece for my 44-45 defence of the Reich. Made by Battlefield miniatures, I am not sure it will improve my rolling…..

75mm French artillery

 

 French 75mm artillery 

Completed another 75mm French artillery piece, 3d resin gun with battlefield/ blitz crew, painted with the new AK French uniform colour which I really like, it looks really green in the photo but it is more khaki, but not as light as English uniform. Planning on painting my Simons soldiers French in the coming weeks. 

Cheers

Matt

Terrain Tuesday

 Some more bits another wayside cross, a statue of the Madonna and some hay stacks  

Cheers

Matt

Vichy Armee de l’Air Bloch 152 “Potent Pedro”

 

 Vichy Bloch 152

As a palette cleanser this week I completed a Bloch 152 for the Vichy airforce, I already have two Bloch 152 in the collection so I thought I needed to do something different, and here it is. 

Cheers

Matt

Russian Tank Crew

  A few pieces from Mars plastic figures, escaping tank crew, perfect for rapid fire. Simple blue overalls and black tanker caps 

Cheers

Matt 

Last Levy 44-45

 Last Levy 1944-1945

Completed some Volkssturm for my 1944-45 collection, Simons Soldiers figures which are very suitable. A entry for the Last Gasp on the Wargamers Forum. I need some more photos when I get back from Oz

Cheers

Matt

82nd Airborne supply jeeps

 A really productive 10 days. Off the desk this week some American airborne jeeps for my Arnhem collection, jeeps are Raventhorpe, crews are Alder, loads are a mix of SHQ and scratch built.

Cheers

Matt

Caterpillar D7 Armoured Dozer

Also this week I completed a simple model from Raventhorpe, a Caterpillar D7 dozer, I copied images from a build on the British Modeler Forum. I need to make the corresponding LCT number now! 

Quite happy, acrylic with enemal streaking and grime, and powders. Crewman is Plastic Soldier company. 

Cheers

Matt

  US Supply Jeeps 

Completed a few supply Jeeps suitable for Glider or Infantry supply troops. I plan to add some stowage as soon as I paint them!

Jeeps are Raventhorpe with AB drivers 

Cheers

Matt 

Dutch Pantserwagen M38

 Pantserwagen M38 Landsverk 180

Off the desk this week as I hit the painting desk again after returning from Australia. This last 5 days I have been building kits and airbrushing kits. I finally painted a large amount of vehicles that have been in the queue for some time. 

First up is Dutch M38 armoured card for my 1940 Dutch. I cannot recall the resin manufacturer as they been awaiting paint for at least four years as the kit was missing it’s doors, so I sat down and crafted some from plastic card, quite happy with my result. I also painted the markings as I could not find my Black Lion decals I purchased a long time ago. 

 

Cheers

Matt

Terrain Tuesday - ww2 bits

 Terrain Tuesday

A bit of terrain completed before Christmas. A few roadside shrines, the cross is metal and possibly Ral Partha the Madonna is plastic. The plinths are bases glued together. 

Roadside Madonna 

Roadside cross

Cheers

Matt

Panzerkampfwagen AMR35 VMF701 (f) 81mm

  Completed two panzerkampfwagen AMR35 VMF701 (f) 81mm mortars for my 91st Luftlande division for Normandy. The either served in the 91st or the 11th Panzer, Wikipedia article 

A mix of Battlefeild/Blitz and AB crew. I did add numbers which the originals did not have according to the images in the salvage dump in Manche, Normandy. The location of the dump points towards the 91st Division.. 

Cheers

Matt