Nebelwerfers and softskins

 This will be my first VERY delayed report 2024 about my hobby.

Because of my very hectic life with work and family my

hobby is now limited to collect models and plan future

projects. This report is first about buying some very 

useful mobile rocketlaunchers with gunservice. 

The german WW2-battery of 4 models show the very power-

ful 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Sf (SdKfz 4/1). 

They combine both strength and mobility and will be very 

useful on the gaming-table.

Next up is heavy german transport Sd Kfz 7 (8-ton) tractor

that was used during the war to tow 88mm-guns and

15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 18. Very useful also to recover

tanks that were broken at the front.

I also bought some german softskins: a kubelwagen-jeep and

two Horch 180 type 1a for transporting light artillery and

personel.

Finally I also bought 3 more lend-lease US M3-halftracks

to move my soviet infantry and artillery.

Not to forget I bought US tankers that will be converted

and bits in metal to repair some of my fragile 3d-printed

models in resin. All in the 15mm-scale to the game Flames

of war.

Trenches and scenery 15mm

New within carpentry and interior design and top of 

this all to do with the family and everyday life has limited

my hobby-time a great deal, nevertheless in my mind I am

always thinking creative. :)

Last week my friend Patrick sent me a package with soft

models made to resemble trenches in the 15mm-scale.

They look very nice but I will need a lot of them in my

future scenarios. To make more I will probably make some

additional strongholds and when finished I will buy some

rubber to make moulds of my own.Making own moulds has

been a goal for a long time and now I got the final push.

I already have some rubber in a package that I bought 2012 

but I am not sure if this still can be used!?

I also got a very nice barn that is a gift from my friend.

Patrick only use models and figures in the 20mm-scale and

then the barn will not fit but for me it is happy days.

Nice details and also a good paintjob. Thankyou very much

Patrick. :)

A very nice package

A couple of weeks ago a very nice package arrived to

my doorstep in the village were I live.

I talked to my friend Mikael that one of my 3d-printed

finnish Stugs hade broken its cannon-barrel due to bad

handling by the postal-office and wanted to help

sending me two new stug-barrels but he also added

some "extras". The package was filled with goodies. :)

I opened and found a company of Bretonnians knights

to WHFB. Some needs some fixing but no big thing.

I also found furniture to be used together with RPG

and traditional miniature-gaming and scenery.

All the finds above will be painted before gaming!

Last but not least some extra tuft for the basing.

In my next report I will also write about to sets of WW2-

15mm-figures that Mikael also sent me.

I finish this report with a big thankyou very much Mikael!

To be continued!

Hetzer, T-26, SU-122, and SU-76i

 One model that was missing in my collection to

play late WW2 was the legendary german tank

Hetzer. Along the STUG III, Ferdinand the Hetzer

was among the top 3-tanks that was a very feared

opponent on the battlefield.

One of these models will be modyfied with a 

open hatch and a tank-commander.

Next is a small but famous tank from the soviets,

T-26. This tank was first used against the finns

during the winter-war but reused when conquered.

I have 3d-printed 3 of each to be used by both sides.

The third model is the SU-122 that was very useful

on the battlefield as a bunkerbuster or close-support

to the infantry.

Last but not least is the SU-76i. This model is to

be used together with 2 other models as a complete

unit. The SU-76i is a modified german panzer III

with a superstructure and a russian gun used by

the soviets against their enemies.

Sad but true the cannon was very fragile and broken

during the delivery but no problem for me and I will

use a metal-thread into a drilled hole for replacement.

All model is printed by ADM/Madabout3d that I will

send a big thankyou for very good service.

 

88mm and US quad

 To get some more individual 15mm-models on 

the gaming-table I have printed som AA/Antitank-

artillery on wheels. When the enemy was near

the germans sometimes fired their 88mm-

cannons directly without unloading from the

transport-wheels. I think these models looks

really good and only backside is that they are

fragile and one has broken due to the postal

office-service when deliver...

Next up is how to solve my problem with my

two M3-halftracks with broken quads.

I have tested modifying the cad-file but it came

out wrong twice and the latest "failure" is that

the base is not scaled right to fit into the model

but the artillery is. I will cut of the wrong-base

and ugrade with a small plastic-pipe but I will

very careful doing this because resin-dust is not

healthy.

All models are printed by ADM/Mad about 3d and

the link is to be found at the bottom of this blog-page.

Beutepanzer 15mm

 Found these very nice-looking models on the

Thinginverse and decided to use these in my

Flames of war-project Berlin 1945.

The two tanks are modified versions of the

soviet KV-1 and T-34. 

The KV-1 is modified with a cupola and

german PAK-40-cannon.

The T-34 is also fitted with a cupola and schuerzen,

coverplates on both the hull and turret.

Very cool-models indeed. I have also printed 

some extra KV-1-turrets just in case I will use

the Beute-panzer as original soviet tanks.

Finally I haven´t decided if I will paint these

models in all-german-colours or only the

turrets!? Probably I will paint the T-34 in 

"ambush-camo/peadot" and the KV-1 with a 

german turret and a soviet-green hull.

I also send a big thankyou to the 3d-print-service:

ADM/Mad about 3d for sending me extra prints 

of the KV1-turrets (I only ordered 3).

Turrets and supplies

During the last days of WW2 in Europe the germans used

tank-turrets from broken down vehicles as fixed artillery-

positions. I have 3d-printed german Panther- and Pzkfw IV-

turrets and will in the future make bases for all of these to

show that they are dug into the ground.

The details are very nice and with some paint it will

look good on the gaming-table and the game Flames of war.

Next up is more scenery to be used as objectives or extras

to make the gaming-table more realistic.

The four fuel-dumps looks good but the bases have warped

and it is a pity but are still usable.

Finally but not least are my eight ammo/supply-dumps and

these looks very good and without any warped bases.

I plan to make some more fuel-dumps with a round base

to prevent the warping. 

I also want to send a thankyou to Mad about 3d/ADM that

has helped me with these prints and very good service.

The link to this company can be found at the bottom of this 

blog-page.