11 February 2010

Work in Progress - Roving Reporters

A set of "Newsteam" figures I have on the workbench at the moment.

The figures are Hasegawa hard plastic US Airforce Ground Crew with some simple modifications and an Esci/Italeri NATO Ground Crew figure.



The war-weary reporter's van in the background is a Made-in-China toy.

Looking at the photo now, I think I went a bit over the top with the weathering, it's filthy dirty - and those toy-like wheels will probably need replacing too..........

07 February 2010

Jungle Warfare

Some pictures from a couple of recent WWII Pacific/Jungle games with members of the Brazo de Nelson wargame group.

A troop of Airfix Chi-Ha by Alejandro Romero






The 47mm AT gun was made by Alejadro - he used the wheels off a HaT German 37mm gun, and built the gun-shield from scratch. The gun-crew are conversions of HaT German AT figures by Carlos de la Concha.




The DUKWs are Airfix classics, by yours truly.




An old Fujimi bunker / blockhouse + Waterloo and Matchbox Japanese infantry by Alejandro, & jungle-plants by Juan Reyes


<

Revell Australian infantry by Juan Reyes




Italeri Watchtower from Carlos' collection. On the right you can also just make one of the new Pegasus palm-trees, repainted by Juan Reyes.




Japanese sniper conversion in a "spider-hole" by Carlos




Rice paddies by Juan & more of Alejandro's Japanese




Aussies being close-assaulted by enraged banzai screaming Japanese. The river and bridge belong to Carlos - a product sold by the people who market FOW




Some more of Alejandro's Japanese figures posing in front of one of his scratch-built jungle-dwellings



A old Fujimi 1-76 scale Ho-Ni by Iván Cáceres, crewed by some more HaT German AT-Gun figures with Japanese head-swaps by Carlos de la Concha