Flames of War 15mm Sherman Flail Squadron (Completed)

After many months of having the last model in this unit sitting on the shelf, I finally made a move to get it painted (along with my Sherman Hybrids which are also nearing completion).

The result is I now have my two Sherman Flail 'Crab' tanks with the Sherman V command tank. The markings and decals were as accurate as I could find - Ludovic Fortin's "British Tanks in Normandy" shows the tanks without any squadron markings, and looking at some of the pictures of Flails I could find I couldn't see any standard markings (other than the turret numbers).

This book also details that during Totalise it was the 22nd Dragoons that supported the Highland Division (and as such, 144 RAC).

So, without further ado, here's the pics:

Lead 'gun' tank with spare tracks and chains... This is also one of the few tanks I have done with an extra machine gun - in this case one of the many spare Skytrex .30 cals I have.

1/72 Firefly vs 15mm Flames of War Flail

15mm Sherman Hybrids WiP (Part 2)

I'm not doing too great at keeping the momentum up with either the blogging or the painting this year!

Toady's little bit of work has been spurred on by a little text from YD - "You'll need to get your Shermans done and a couple more typhoons, thats me done 3 Tigers."

So it seems like there's some sort of arms race going on!

Anyway, tonight I made a determined effort to get some work done on these many unpainted figures. Specifically the Sherman I Hybrids I've been working on. There are a few bits that are a bit rough, but I am having to just accept this. So, here's the pictures from tonight:

First coat of Russian Uniform Green (Vallejo 70.924) - standard Sherman I on the far right.

Standard Sherman 1 on the right, my Hybrid conversion on the left.

Note the rough hull on the Hybrid on the left - something I did a bit of work on later.

The three Hybrid Sherman conversions

 

So that's it for now. In other news, a trip to Worlds at War over in Livingston at the weekend saw me pick up a couple of Churchill Crocodiles, some Wasp Universal Carriers and another Daimler A/C. Had I known I was entering into a arms race with YD, I might have considered some M10C's!

15mm Sherman Hybrids WiP (Part 1)

Another quiet few weeks. Since Amy moved in all I've really done modelling wise is some bits and bobs with the Sherman Hybrid conversions I've been working on.

I got all three of them to a point I thought I was happy with and gave the new additions to the models a coat of primer. 

Here's some pics of the first model with the first coat of Russian Green.

After looking at this painted hull, I wasn't happy with the smoothness of my work with the green stuff. So since taking these pics I've used some liquid putty and then a file to try and smooth out some of these areas. More pics to follow once I've applied another coat of primer.