My second Courageous hull. Later version of Hms Furious, with island done.

Created the merchants in distress, because I got tired of forgetting where the convoy raids were at.

Cheers.

Tanks, Tanks & more Tanks.

Mech. Infantry

“Meanwhile, in the basement of Doom.”
Was staring at a pair of twisted G-8Ns when I started to notice a few similarities to another bomber. Figured since I had a little time, went to work.

Plastic left over from control tower job made fuselage plug, milliput filled the nose. Still can’t believe I got the fin to stick.

Not perfect, but I think they’ll pass as B-29. Still debating how I’m going to do the windows.

My versions of Bismarck and Tirpitz from Hbg. With their bows rebuilt.

Thanks for input. None of my metallics really fit. Remembered I have a Vallejo gunmetal blue to late.

In back is a sanded down B-17 I was using for testing that didn’t turn out to bad either. Dress it up as a Russian copy Tu-4.

Finally a Jagdpanther! I guess 3rd time is a charm.


First 2 attempts were with the current Panther hull, couldn’t get the symmetry right.
Went back to the first gen. panther for this one. The hull being a bit longer and the lack of skirts might help.
Also, I think I’ve found a good cannon barrel replacement material. This is the bamboo core from an incense stick.
Stay safe.

A look at some Italians.





Flight deck is from combat miniatures. Was a bit short, made it work. Thinking Field marshal’s sculpt might have been smaller.

Japanese.





Two CV’s with Combat miniatures flight decks.

I had some real issues with lighting the U.S., the flight decks kept showing as black as the numbers.
Essex and Independence are Combat miniatures stickers with the flags flipped forward and numbers changed with decals.





My research had subs painted with 5-O or black, did half each. As my 5-O just disappears into the stock board color, had to paint the decks, or have free floating flags.

Greetings and thanks.
@DMcLaren
Yeah the details on that B17 were pretty freakin good. I just settled on the subject, put my head down and let the print tell me what was possible. By the time a voice in my head went “STOP!” and I looked back up. I had already grabbed 700 scale props and was harvesting bristles from a vacuum attachment for gun barrels.
@The-Captain
Quite a bit of research definitely helps a project like this. Fortunately I have full bookshelves. My universal carriers did come from Ghq, as they were the only ones I could find at the time. Would have liked to get more from them, but couldn’t afford to. Other than those, a few units from I will never grow up, an Fw200 & He177 in 700 scale from Pit Road and some fabricated facilities, everything is from, or a modification of pieces from various A&A sets and Hbg. Sometimes my skills were up to the task. You did great work as well.
Oops, forgot about the type VII & IX U-boats from shapeways.
Stay safe.

A few more things I’ve been finishing. Some Corsairs, 262, La-5, Pe-2, Do17 and some Sherman’s. All printed except the Russian fighters.
May have gone a little overboard on "Little Miss Mischief ", for a game piece.
Stay safe.

I think the problem is with the U.S. economy when played separately. Compared to their global income, it comes out to a very small amount being spent on the other theater. Less then 20 if I remember right.

Greetings all:
Happy days (maybe) everyone in the group’s been jabbed, and there’s been talk of resuming gaming. I’m hopeful. Anyway, here’s a few new pieces they’re going to see…

Some injection molded Pzkfw VI b.

A replacement Sharnhorst.

and Gneisenau.

And the last I have finished, USS Colorado.
I removed the radar from Sharnhorst as a nod to his last sortie. Our cat donated a whisker for Gneisenau’s mast. In hindsight, I should have removed the cranes from the German ships then reinstalled them in a better position after painting.

That’s it for now. Stay safe.

We took a simpler approach, splitting the 6 pc giving 2 to each territory other than Calcutta. While limiting artillery buys to 1.

Greetings.
Just a few more things I’ve been keeping busy with.

Fuso from HBG.

With some AFV examples from IWNGU.
Stay safe.

Greetings.
Has it been a rough few months or what? Hope everyone’s doing well.
Since my set has been trapped in a buddies basement since last summer, I haven’t been able to work on or get pics of what has been finished.
I have been dipping into HBG’s 3d printed selection, picking up a set of Crusaders; a Nelson; an Eagle CV; some Iowas and the Graf Spee.

Still not 100% sure about my Royal Navy color palette, but they should be close.
I also liked the Indiana enough to put her in with Missouri.
Oh I found a WIP of some US. dudes.

Stay safe.

@the-captain
Curious, are any of these different than what you posted last year, or just listing each one as its own topic?

Guess you could always buy yourself a 3D printer.

@coedewa
Yeah, not sure how other people keep theirs together. Was hoping someone would share their miracle primer with us.
I gave up on stiffening, the last attempt was with barrels and super glue, they just started breaking off at the hands. Ink lets it flex without losing it’s color. Up close as a miniature it’s a little iffy, but on the board it’s perfect as a game piece. Ankles I have just resigned myself to touching up periodically. Don’t think it’s the J color just the long thin nature of the sculpt allowing more bend.
I can personally say that HBG’s Axis neutral (pzf) & the Japanese paratroopers are great, had no problems with either. Would hope all their inf. sculpts are made from the same stuff.
Be safe.