Sdkfz 251/3 ausf D update

update. took a couple of photos through the optivisor lenses. result :)

KG Peiper and Late War Progress

Managed a quick bit of airbrush time last night.  Base coat on.

Sdkfz 251/3D from Wacht Am Rhein

This is where I have reached in mocking up a Sdkfz 251/3D for my Late War Germans primarily for Wacht Am Rhein.  It is a bit different and might not survive being a gaming model.

Following some research ably assisted by the nice people on The Wargamers Forum This is what I am going with.

PSC Sdkfz 251D mated to the telescopic antenna from the PSC 8 Rad kit which in turn sits onto of a 0.6mm brass tube.  I have used a spare Stern Antenna for this.  The research says thatere was a Sternantenna on the RHS Mounted Internally as well as the 1.2m antenna on the Forward left so I will hve a look at mounting something later.  Problem is that I want a crew figure there so I might put something on the forward right instead.  Not sure about making the roof supports.

been a while...(2)

Then it was wait for the next Battlegroup supplement to come out.  This time "Spring Awakening" which sets the scene for some early 1945 games in Hungary and lets you have a real reason to field all that heavy German armour we all have in our collections.

The supplements ocassionaly carry a narrative campaign.  This is Scenario 1 from the Spring Awakening book pitting King Tigers from LSSAH up against a Soviet defence line while slogging through deep mud and poor conditions.

BG Kursk - Hill 220.5

Hill 220.5

Second phase of the LSSAH attack on 5 July from Hill 228.6 across the road to Hill 220.5 and Hill 217.1

Platoon Sized game - Uses "High Ground" scenario

Forces involved:

German Attackers - LSSAH
(Forces taken from the Panzer and Panzer Grenadier lists to create the LSSAH forces involved)

3 Officers - 37 BR

Assault Pioneer Platoon (flamethrowers and sweepers)
Grenadier Platoon
StuG III Squadron
2 x Tiger I (+ Tiger Ace)
2 x Supply trucks
Arty Op on foot
Off table 105mm Battery
Off table 80mm Mortar Battery

Soviets Defenders - 52d Rifle Division

4 Officers - 29 BR
Rifle Company
4 x 45mm AT Guns
3 x ATR Hideouts
2 x Dug-In T34s
Minefields x 2
Wire x 2
AT Ditch x 2
Trench system/Foxholes for all infantry
Arty Op
Off table 80mm Mortar Battery
Off table Zis-3 Battery

Battle Group - Bekaa

Ummm just a thought, but why don't I pull my Lebanon 1982 forces into Battle Group Bekaa.  Squad Platoon games.....?

Battlegroup Market-Garden 1st Airborne

Bit of progress made today. Lightining isn't great so will update these tomorrow. Essentially these are the rest of the infantry and basic supports for the Infantry Platoon I started a couple of weeks ago.

A mix of Peter Pig and PSC as usual.  Hopefully I will get around to basing them all in the coming week

Battlegroup Market Garden - Next Batch

This is the next batch to head off to be undercoated.

This will be the first aid tent.  Yes there isn't a tent.  Stretchers from the Generic range, smock figure from the gun crew set and the three other medics will have para helmet head swaps

This is what the Airborne 6 Pdr gun should look like.  Peter Pig did their research and it is a cracking model.  Behind it are the first of the figures in trenches. Waiting for the trench obviously.

Couple of other pieces
Welbike
Combat Medics. One is for my LW Brits the other is for 1st Airborne. Same concept use a dead figure from the casualty set and then add the kneeling medic for the LW Brit set. 1st Airborne will have a head swap either a beret of a helmet.

Battlegroup Market Garden - 1st Airborne assembles

First test figures have been painted and are now waiting to be based.  These are two sprues worth of PSC plastic with a couple of Peter Pig thrown in for testing size.

Painting Scheme (so I can remember later)

• White Undercoat
• Thinned coat of VJ English Uniform
• 50:50 Mix Green Ochre/Khaki for the Denison Smock
• VJ Russian Uniform for webbing and gaiters
• VJ Black Grey for boots and metal parts
• VJ Beige Brown for wooden parts
• VJ Reflective Green and VJ Flat Earth for the Denison Smock
• GW Mecharite Red for the Maroon Beret (Black line painted on first for the leather band)
• Army Painter Strong Tone for the wash