force with artillery and transport. All was bought second hand
and I am very pleased with the haul. All models will be repainted
in late war-colours. The sdkfz 250/251 will be converted and
upgraded with Stuka zu fuss. The Pak38 will be fitted with stiel-
granate to be able to knock out heavier tanks.
Finally I must mention that I have received a 88mm with a cover-
plate and also two half-tracked vehicles with a 88mm mounted
on top (88mm Flak18(sfi) and zugkraftwagen 12t - sdkfz 8).
These two half-tracked artillery-vehicles are a treat for the
eye and I like them a lot. Historically they were put out of
service already in 1943 but I will use them in late war because
I have seen them on moving pictures when Germany surrendered in
1945. Now I feel that my german force is complete but still there
are a lot of paintjob to do. :)
Reading the book Stalins Europe I have found a lot of usable information
how to make my two fighting forces and how to equip them.
The infantry will be painted as ss-panzergreandiers, volksgrenadiers,
regular infantry and panzerpioners/engineers.
Next up is more figures but this time the soviets.I have decided to
make one strelkovy company and one engineer/sapper company.
The strelkovy will be painted in late war colours and a mixture of
second hand and new bought figures.
The sapper company will be fitted with MG and very good for urban
fighting and painted in brown/beige camo.
I will need about 96 strelkovy-infantry and 87 sappers to make up
two complete forces.
Last up is my home-made flames of war-markers and I think they will
do the job and it is also nice to have a personal touch on these.
That's a lot ofpainting to get through, but it'll be worth it in the end.
SvaraRaderaI think so to and it will be great fun to recreate these historical scenarios.Thankyou very much Joe.
Radera