Saturday, November 24, 2012

Finished: Some French and Germans, and Their Awesome Rides.

I finally finished some more projects!

After I got a little extra winter work, I decided to buy some more modern vehicle kits. Three shipments in total through the great Amazon.com. The first two arrived yesterday, 2x Revell Dingo/Biber, and 4xHeller VAB 4x4. I was surprised to find the Heller kits because I though the only current French vehicle kits existed only in resin. The third package, thanks the USPS, landed in my home town yesterday, and then was shipped out to another place today, argh!

The Heller kits are very nice, being easy to assemble, cheap, and relatively detailed, they are a great resource for wargamers.

I added crew from various Caesar modern sets, including the French one. I didn't have enough of the French to finish them all though.

The platoon I showcased earlier in the year.









Time for the Bundeswehr! These are the figures I posted in a preview a few days ago. they are modeled after a "Jager Zug," which is kind of generic TO&E for mountain troops and paratroops.
I like how this organization looks, nice symmetric blocks of ten, even in the command section.





Some riflemen I converted into grenadiers.

Same here except with the German version of the SAW.


Here is one of the other two models I got, the Dingo-1. Frankly this thing looks more like a Brinks truck than an APC.


This is a repaint job of the Revell Fuchs. I also added the armored shield on the MG. I ordered another one of these, that's the package that is traveling about the US.




I would love to shoot one of these. Automatic 40mm grenade launcher.

I colored the armored windows with brown permanent marker, then gave it a layer of  clear, gloss, glue.

16 comments:

  1. Nice they look cool. I know how you feel when you find out the package has gone astray the best you can hope for is either that it comes back to you or that it returns to the senders and they re-send it. besides let the APC have a bit of a road-trip before it is pressed into permenant military survice.

    great conversions on the germans. and I agree that the dingo does look a bit light weight for the job of APC. besides pert of the job of the APC is to look really tough so that it does not become a target. you would not want to get the attention of a 40mm grenade launcher.

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    1. Thanks for the complements. And I also hope the Fuchs is enjoying the ride :D I ran out of glue anyway, so I've not lost too much.

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    2. perhaps the Fuchs knew you would run out of glue and is giving you a chance to get some more :-D

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    3. If that were the case, I would say we have a smart-car on our hands! Unfortunately there are no good hobby shops around here so I'll probably be ordering glue eventually...

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  2. Nicely done. I am going to have to pick up some of those Heller kits, as well as the Fuchs. Would make a nice addition to my Sci-Fi troopers' force, or an ultra-modern police force as well.

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    1. That would be cool! I can see the Fuchs, or even the Dingo, in a hard-edge, angular, odd color sci-fi type camo. They are a nice little kit, but the suspension assembly is kind of fragile so I filled the wheels with hot glue to reinforce them.

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  3. Great work- I like them a lot.

    Cheers,

    Pete

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    1. Thanks for the complement, they seem to be nice little kits, and I'm happy with the paint job.

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  4. Great work overall Ben!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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    1. Thanks Peter, next up will probably be basing for my US rangers, then some British, still no Belgians though :P

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  5. A formidable force Ben! :) Excellent work.

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    1. Thanks Thanos, some of these modern AFVs can be quite intimidating!

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