Kampfgruppe Danl part 2

Hi guys

Have removed the vehicles from their bases, added in some WIP vehicles and taken a group shot, this will be about half the size of the finished KG, I need to add a heap of 251 variants, some 222s, some more Stug IIIs and Hetzers, and more soft skins, not to mention the grunts and artillery. But you start getting an idea of the size.
So what about the paint job? just do touch ups, or repaint the whole lot? I want to repaint the KT (never liked that paint job) and the yellow Pz III for sure, the plain yellow Tiger will be added to some D.A.K vehicles and the Pz grey vehicles will be the start of a smaller early war KG, so they will keep their paint jobs, but I think all the rest sort of fit in with each other.

Kampfgruppen Danl a new project for 2016

Hi guys

First post of the year, so HAPPY NEW YEAR!! everyone.

For the WWII era I used to be a static modeller only, and I have built up a pretty good collection of display models, however I have been stung by the WWII war gaming bug.

I moved house a few months ago and have only unpacked my display models today, (it has taken so long because I don't really have a good place to display them) anyway, what a sorry sight they are, I packed them pretty good, but most have some damage, usually small, a broken barrel or machine gun, some worse (don't ask me about any German command vehicle with frame antennae, you don't want to know) and covered in a layer of dust, so they need work.

With all that in mind, and the fact I don't have enough room for display models and war gaming models I have decided to combine the 2 interests by removing all the display bases, cleaning and fixing the models and mounting them on more war gaming friendly bases.

The only problem I see is that some of the tracks are pretty firmly attached and the bases are even essential to holding some of the tracks together (thinking of the terrible thick vinyl tracks of Fujimi and Airfix)

I will use this opportunity to build my long thought about Kampfgruppen Danl (inspired by Panzerfaust200 excellent KG Wotan ) its a good start, this way I have 30 odd vehicle straight off the bat.

As I want to use these in my KG should I think about repainting them for some unity (the display models are from many different units and fronts) or should I go with the theme of a KG that's been hastily thrown together from different units? I might remove them from their bases and see how they look together.

For infantry I will use a mix of AB abd Battlefield.

More pics of the display models on their bases can be found under my 1/72 WWII armour  label, but here are some examples

4th and 5th Wurttemberg infantry Regts 1813 uniforms

Hi Guys

I have decided that next year I will work on my photography skills, maybe make a light box and some scenery, so there should be an improvement on my usual pictures, but for now my usual crappy method once again, anyway here is Regts 4 and 5 finished on commission, these go with the last 2 Wurttemberg posts, 1st Regt and foot Artillery and 2nd and 3rd Regts all comments welcome.
dan.dunbar@hotmail.com

20mm British Airborne force

Hi Guys

Just finished up this largish commission for a 20mm British Airborne force, figs are mostly FAA with some ABs, most of the jeep riders are AB, the FAA figs are nice (I have some of their Romanians) but they are a step behind the superb ABs, 4 of the jeeps are the new Airfix airborne jeeps, which I made up and added stowage to, the others are metal (not sure who makes them) the airfix jeeps are excellent, though they could have added more stowage in the set, as this was common on the real jeeps. I cut most of mine from old plastic Italeri British infantry and added some resin boxes.
The guns can be removed from their bases, all in all pretty happy with how this force turned out, all C&C welcome.
dan.dunbar@hotmail.com