May 2024 Workbench

[Guntruck]

Perhaps I should sub-title this thread "The Raffle Prize the got away".

Here's a couple of RAF B25s that I painted up, MQ-A is a Mitchell from 226 Sqn, and EV-V is from 180 sqn. Both are Wings of War repaints; I added a ventral Bendix remote control turret to both; apparently the RAF kept theirs whereas U.S. units appeared to have removed most of theirs. I used the Hataka USAAF paint set, primarily the early Olive Drab and Neutral Grey. Decals are from Shed Decals.




These were going to be a Lease-Lend raffle prize, and I told Chris Hedeby I was going to paint them some time ago. In fact he PM'd me last month to see if I was still doing them, which I confirmed. So I was a bit surprised that 3 days after that conversation that he announced that raffle number 5 was to be our last raffle! Thanks Wingco, appreciated the heads-up on that one Anyways, your loss is my gain I suppose, as they have now joined my collection.

[Hedeby]

Apologies for that Steve, the planes are magnificent, I just thought that five raffles was enough, I didn’t want to overtax folks generosity.

[Teaticket]

Wow, beauties Steve. There is always next year for raffle prizes if they don't find a permenant home in your collection.

[malachi]

Very impressive, Steve!
REP

[Flying Helmut]

Gorgeous pair!

[Jager]

Nice Steve.
I'd bid on one of those next year, or the year after, if you have too much for your hanger space

Karl

[Woof]

Actually very late April workbench- though I have to finish the base so still counts for May. Mackie from Battletech with an 8th Airforce checkertails inspired scheme, Decals from Warlord's Blood Red Skies P-51D decal sheet and some random numbers from my spares box.

[Jager]

Nice job, Mark. I haven't played BattleTech for decades, but still enjoy looking at the mechs.
Not a model I'm familiar with, so something later than the mid 90s?

Karl

[Diamondback]

Slowly priming the YB-36... cringing at the nightmare of filing, filling and fitting to come. Not to mention the OMGWTFPITA of first building the wiring harness and mounts for its motors THEN literally having to build the plane around that...

[Diamondback]

And my little buddy Lefty showing just how much she likes the new squirrel friendly porch railings.


"Hello! I Can Haz Nutz Nao?"

[malachi]

A couple of German armored trains hoping to make it on down the line.

[Teaticket]

Choo choo ka-choo!

[flash]

Weapons free ! nice job, Chris

[CrashCraig]

Armored train scenarios are always fun.

[Sulring]

Lovely targets!

Are they N-scale models?

[Flying Helmut]

Love those trains!

[CrashCraig]

I just saw that you even made target cards for each engine and car! There's gonna be a reckon'in on the rails soon enough

[malachi]

Lovely targets!

Are they N-scale models?

I just saw that you even made target cards for each engine and car! There's gonna be a reckon'in on the rails soon enough

Thanks to teaticket once again for the track and card files

They are a mix of WW1 and WW2 but at small scale 1/285 6mm work fine imo:
German panzerzug armored train WW1
extra locomotive
German panzerzug armored train WW2

[Jager]

Interesting. I knew about the armoured trains in WW2, but didn't know the Germans had any in WW1.
Makes sense, though, at least for the Eastern Front.
Karl

[CrashCraig]

The Russians made use of them in WW1 as well as later in the Red/White civil war.

[malachi]

Interesting. I knew about the armoured trains in WW2, but didn't know the Germans had any in WW1.
Makes sense, though, at least for the Eastern Front.
Karl

I may have to remove the armor plating for some WW1 scenarios

[Diamondback]

Well, not "bench" but sill work, and hard work at that... one of our squirrels has decided she thinks it's not enough that I be her snack purveyor, she apparently thinks I'm the designated babysitter for her pups too.

Cute little fuzzy walking spaz-attacks, but a challenge and a half to ride herd on. The things we do to hire and keep good help...

[Jager]

That's the problem with squirrels; give 'em an inch and they take a mile, and come back for more.
Karl

Well, not "bench" but sill work, and hard work at that... one of our squirrels has decided she thinks it's not enough that I be her snack purveyor, she apparently thinks I'm the designated babysitter for her pups too.

Cute little fuzzy walking spaz-attacks, but a challenge and a half to ride herd on. The things we do to hire and keep good help...

[Diamondback]

That's the problem with squirrels; give 'em an inch and they take a mile, and come back for more.
Karl

Then again, being one of the very few other living things on the planet my mother can tolerate sharing the world with is a rare and high-value qualification all by itself... LOL and they do give me an excuse for more time away from Her Crabbishness's incessant braying about how every little thing I've ever done from this second back to my conception and everything I *will* do from now til the day I die is completely and totally UNSAT.

Besides, there's a certain indescribable warm fuzzy when you see a little gray streak rocket across your yard and wrap itself around your calf in a hug like it's trying to say "yay my big buddy's finally home!"

[milcoll73]

nice work on the b-25s steve!

[milcoll73]

nice work on the mackie mark! definitely a beefier version than my one from the 80s.

[milcoll73]

nice crunchy choo choo train chris! im sure itll explode brilliantly!

[Sulring]

This month, I've finally been making progress with my Bolt Action french army for 1940.
First combat group with their officer:


Second and third groups:



Light antitank gun with chenillette tractor:

[Guntruck]

Excellent work, Eric

[camel crew]

lovely sets of figures Erice

[CrashCraig]

Really liked the look of Armand de Turenne's SPAD VII with the French Rooster motif, so ................











Shapeways Reduced Aircraft Factory Gray PA12.

[flash]

Great job, Craig. Is that a French cousin of Foghorn Leghorn ?

[Teaticket]

Great looking squad Eric. Love the 25mm ATG anf the armored transport.

[Teaticket]

Wonderful SPAD VII Craig. Well I do declare, Foghorn would be impressed!

[CrashCraig]

Great job, Craig. Is that a French cousin of Foghorn Leghorn ?

Reminds me more of the Rooster on the Kellogg's corn flakes cereal box.

[CrashCraig]

Peter - I say, I say "As senior rooster it's my duty, and my pleasure to instruct junior roosters in the ancient art of roostery."

[Flying Helmut]

Very nice indeed!

[Diamondback]

Starting work on the Atlantis reissue of the old Snoopy Sopwith Camel for a friend of my late aunt's. Any suggestions on what shades of yellow and red paint would have been in the RFC/RAF stocks around late war to the early interwar years, or a plausible "helmet green"?

YB-36 is set aside waiting for airbrush-friendly weather.

[RJG173]

Craig, looks like a new card is in order.

[CrashCraig]

Craig, looks like a new card is in order.

Robert - you are correct. There is a card for this plane listed under the SPAD 7 entry on the Linen Miraheze site under SPA 48 Escadrille.

[RJG173]

Robert - you are correct. There is a card for this plane listed under the SPAD 7 entry on the Linen Miraheze site under SPA 48 Escadrille.

Yes, I saw that.

[flash]

Managed to do this one this month - a Vickers FB.5 'Gunbus', the first purpose built British fighter and the reason why most lattice tails shot down were claimed as Vickers by the Germans.






Model came from Jason, a chap at our Wednesday night get togethers who is starting to turn out models various, from Orcs to Wings at very reasonable prices.
Painted with GW Screaming Skull, old Snakebite Leather for struts etc, Vermin Fur? for the crew, bit o' black & gunmetal for engine area & Lewis gun; Humbrol Matt 64 grey for the nacelle over washed with a GW silver. Shaky hand painted fin; some old Dom's decals to finish it off and mounted on a doctored base. Should be XC/B/11.
Thinking I might move the peg a bit further back in due course, it's a little imbalanced.

[Teaticket]

Nice old bird Dave. I guess it'll be some time before we see it in OTT.

[Flying Helmut]

Lovely Gunbus, Dave!

It was even better to handle it in person.
I loves a good Gunbus, me!

[CrashCraig]

Great looking Warbird Dave. For me nothing says early WW1 aviation better than the "lattice tails".

[malachi]

Beautiful job, Dave

[mikeemagnus]

Yes, Dave. Saw this one when you brought it out to show us at Middle Wallop. And what a lovely bird she is too. Nice clean paint job and like the adapted base too I shall have to keep a weather eye on Jason if he's producing models like that

Thanks for sharing again

[Guntruck]

Very nice and neat Dave

[Diamondback]

More moving my collection into storage cases and preparing to surplus my AA trays. So far Ufags and Rolands will fit in compartments on their stands, all other WGF 2-seaters up to Series 4 require knockdown. Haven't tested anything beyond that; Series 9 and much of the Series 3-4B and 1C (original Nexus being "A") not accounted for between other boxes and my storage unit. Nothing doe with WGS or Sails.

Toying with the idea of expanding the "front wall" stand on the Snoopy Camel I'm building for my aunt's friend into a full doghouse.

[malachi]

For an Origins after-hours social deduction game.