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[Dan Lewis]

Great painting work. Well beyond my patience and skill level. 

[Peter M. Skaar]

Thank you both, Kenny and Dan!  I appreciate it. 

I have more of my work in the Pete's Minis section.  I will be working to complete my Russian Tank Brigade for 1943 using the July 1942 organization used at Kursk and beyond until that organization was changed in November 1943. That means I have 1 more company of T-34s to finish plus another of T-70s which will also include the Battalion CO tank.

[healey36]

The workbench has been busy, but sadly not with miniatures of late. However, today we saw RN light cruiser HMS Danae slip down the ways:

 

 

 

A two-fer casting by GHQ, she is seen here as she would have appeared in 1939. I used Tamiya Royal Light Gray enamel (TS-81), a bit of Tamiya Desert Yellow (XF-59) acrylic for her wood decks, black wash by Vallejo (76.518) with a bit of matt medium by Vallejo (70.540), then dusted it with some white craft paint. I added a short mainmast of steel guitar string; the base is by ODGW.

 

Lead ship of her class, she was commissioned in July 1918, assigned to Harwich's 5th Light Cruiser Squadron. Rebuilt in 1930, she would find herself part of Malaya Force in March 1940. She later returned to the Atlantic, was refurbished in 1942 and 1943, eventually participating in the Normandy landings. 

 

A tough, well-armored little ship, about the length of a Fletcher-class destroyer.

 

[Peter M. Skaar]

Excellent work on HMS Danae, Healey!

[healey36]

HMS Durban joins HMS Danae off Singapore:

 

 

Durban (GHQ 1/2400), sporting a new camo scheme; base coat of Tamiya German Grey (TS-4), Vallejo Green Grey (70971), wooden decks of Tamiya Desert Yellow, black ink wash, highlights using white acrylic craft paint.

 

After a varied career, she suffered the ignominious fate of being scuttled to form part of the breakwater at Normandy.

[Peter M. Skaar]

Those look absolutely fabulous, Healey!  The camo and the details of the painting are all very crisp and clean.

[healey36]

Thanks guys. Not a great pic, but one gets the idea.

 

Some 1/100-scale armor up next.

[healey36]

A few 1/100-scale S35 medium tanks:

 

 

Prints by Miniature Tanks Company; Tamiya spray enamel base, than a combination of Vallejo and Tamiya acrylics. Decals by I-94.

[Begemot_]

Healey - Very nice. I'm presently not interested in early WW2 French equipment, but their camo would be interesting to paint. Something to think about.

 

 

Begemot

[healey36]

I'm presently not interested in early WW2 French equipment, but their camo would be interesting to paint. Something to think about.

 

Thanks Begemot - My interest lies primarily in the early years of the war up until late 1942, a time when lighter armor-protection faced off against smaller caliber weapons. My interest is less in the later years when the equipment/battles evolved into something akin to trying to kill an armadillo with a sledge hammer. 

[Peter M. Skaar]

Those S-35s look excellent, Healey!  The camo on those is great.  

When painting early war French tanks you certainly have a large variety of different tank types as well as camo schemes to work with.

[healey36]

Yup, no shortage of interesting paint schemes for French equipment. It's too bad their stuff didn't perform better/more consistently in the field, but then there were many reasons for that.

 

Working up a few scenarios for "1940"...hope to round up a few of the Big Pipe Creek Irregulars for playtesting. 

[healey36]

I bought a boxload of trucks a few years back; why, I'm not sure. You need them, however, when you gotta drag your AT guns around or schlepp an infantry squad across the table. Brings back memories of PanzerBlitz, lol.

 

Nothing terrifically special here, being another example of the camera revealing all of the unseen flaws; an Opel Blitz as resin-cast by BattleFront, 1/100-scale on a fixed base:

 

 

Two to a pack, there must be a dozen or so of these blisters in the "lead" pile. Beats a horse-drawn cart.

 

Tamiya paints, washes by Vallejo, decals by BattleFront.

[Mark Hinds]

HMS Durban joins HMS Danae off Singapore:

 

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Durban (GHQ 1/2400), sporting a new camo scheme; base coat of Tamiya German Grey (TS-4), Vallejo Green Grey (70971), wooden decks of Tamiya Desert Yellow, black ink wash, highlights using white acrylic craft paint.

 

After a varied career, she suffered the ignominious fate of being scuttled to form part of the breakwater at Normandy.

@Healey36:  What is supposed to happen if I click on one of your images, hoping to see a larger version?  Where are you hosting them?  I am getting an infinite loading screen, but that could be my browser security settings (no pop-ups, etc.).  

MH
 

[healey36]

@Healey36:  What is supposed to happen if I click on one of your images, hoping to see a larger version?  Where are you hosting them?  I am getting an infinite loading screen, but that could be my browser security settings (no pop-ups, etc.).  

MH
 

Mark - I'm posting the images in the ODGW member gallery. When you click on the image, a window should open with a larger version of the image for viewing. I've noticed that sometimes, when you click on the thumbnail in the post, it takes upwards of fifteen seconds to open the larger version of the image. Not sure why this is. Paul R. 

[Mark Hinds]

Pre-paint preparation of 1/6000 HMS Repulse, with incomplete 1/6000 IJN "Nell" model attempt.  (Am trying for a more "shovel-shaped" forecastle than the standard casting, by cutting grooves with dull Xacto knife to bend the deck edges out a bit more; will fill with putty).  Like everyone else, plan to paint in camouflage.  For ODGW Malay Barrier campaign.  MH

 

1/6000 Hurricane experiment, for same campaign (I know it looks a bit chubby, but it's to scale...):

 

[healey36]

Hey, where'd the pic of the DDs go? Like to see those again...

[Mark Hinds]

Hey, where'd the pic of the DDs go? Like to see those again...

Lower model is close-to-final-version of scratch-built British WW2 War Emergency S-class DD, intended to be master for new Figurehead model, but never produced.  Material is white plastic.  Upper model is standard (removed from base) Figurehead WW2 A-I class DD.  

[healey36]

Those look terrific.

 

Figurehead 1/6000 destroyers without bases would be great for those of us that make our own bases. Some folks cut them off the base and file them down, but that's way too fiddly for a ham-handed mug like me.

[healey36]

Dutch light cruiser HNLMS Jacob Van Heemskerck in 1/2400 by XPForge. Added a mainmast (but should be a tripod config), ODGW etched base, homemade label.

 

 

The second Tromp-class light cruiser, she escaped the German invasion incomplete. Towed to Britain where she was completed as an AA cruiser. Served in numerous theaters, refitted twice during the war (which she survived). I believe the Tromp-class were the smallest light cruisers to serve in the war, but correct me if that's wrong.