Road Race - If you break an egg, you might as well make an omelette....

 So.......

Balls....

Anyway, I started bodging.

I replaced the front wheels of the wagon with Battlefront PaK-36 wheels, cut as much excess away around the dead horse and sanded that base as thin as possible. Glued into place and yes, this is ok now. Time to fix the wagon to the base as well, with a blob of Milliput and clean up all other areas.

I made a mould of one of the casualties, as soon as I have greenstuff or something like it again I can use these to change up the casualties for some variety, but this will suffice for now. 

I salvaged the original wagon and horse by giving it the same treatment, so removed a much base as possible and got a 30x60 base from my stash. Added the cast I made of the casualty after sanding that base as thin as possible too.

Once everything has set I'll round off the edges and make the base smooth with Milliput. As soon as I have a good replacement for Greenstuff I can do the horses tails as well. 

Road Race Progress - Civvies and a 232

 I did some more work and finished the 232, leaving the wheel sections unglued so I can paint them and glue them in last. I've added the 15 liter fuel canisters to the front after I took these pics (cause of course)

I received my Peter Pig order (not charged by Customs this time, jay) and washed all of the resin models and sanded the beases down to a sliver. Then washed them again, and based up the shot up Traction Avant on a Medium FoW base. Not sure if it needs any refugee items on it or leaving it as is. 

I recently grabbed a Warlord Epic ACW Ambulance on a hunch off of Vinted in a lot of other models, to use as civillian one. Still not a fan of Warlords resin casts, but with cleanup it was ok. Some pretty heavy casting sprues around the wheels, more metal in those gates than the wheels themselves. They got put into the spares bin for now as I wanted something more fitting the 1940 look. I have some spare 15mm truck wheels but those looked tiny compared to the cart (think wheels on a shopping trolley) so I grabbed my smallest size 20mm wheels off of a PSC Zis-2. Had to drill new holes for the front 2 wheels and it works...sort of. I now need to find my FoW blister of Destroyed cart so I can make a Oyumaru cast of the 2 dead horses for this cart. 

Same goes for the casualties from the Peter Pig pack, but...storytime.

I picked up 2 large rolls of Greenstuff from GSW 2 years ago. On arrival they already had partially set and the outer sections of yellow had already hardend. Complained, got a refund and got the same roll, nut in Brownstuff. marked it with the purchase date, August 2024. I grabbed this to do the sculpting for the refugees, but again, this one had almost completely set and had become useless. 

Really had it with GSW, had to ask for 2 refunds already this year and their quality is pretty much shit. 

It does leave me with the problem I have no sculpting material or filler material for the Oyumaru moulds. Milliput works as a base but I just can't work with that till it has set for a while, and with my limited time that doesn't work for me. So maybe Apoxie or something? I dunno.

Not that it matters, with surgery on Tuesday I won't be able to do anything for a bit anyway. Jay.

I picked up some ancient H0 Belgian rail markings for the abandoned truck, fingers crossed they still work. 

I think this scheme should work for it, with a nice Beige of Brown tarp on the back so the yellow decal shows up best. Might do another of these trucks but crashed and on its side? Different scheme of course, ripped tarp, spilled cargo? But that is something to do after the first ones are done. 

Tomorrow I'll grab the Milliput to fill up the underside of the cart, as the axles of the wheels are just too fragile. 

"I'm a little teapot, short and stout"

 Working on some 15mm civillian refugee vehicles for Battlegroup and could not resist making this.

Italeri 1/35 Porcelain Insulator from the power line poles I'm working on for Stalker, I have a whole bag of these surplus and I thought, why not....

Road Race, Calais to St. Omer Road, May 23rd 1940 - A Battlegroup Scenario for EW

 With the release of EW by Battlefront I picked up a German - French and British - French starter box and I had planned to start with a French - German scenario. Sadly that box wasn't packed in the correct manner and it contained quite a few damaged parts. BF Customer Service will get this sorted but that is going to take some time.

So, change of plans, and I selected the British vs German scenario "Road Race" from the Blitzkrieg supplement.

 

 It comes with all the details you would need, and the listing is quite simple.

For the Brits I have the following.

Starting Forces

• Staff Car - I have no model for this yet, currently looking around for options, most likely a printed model.
• Vickers Light Tank Platoon -  I'm assuming these are the Vickers Mk VI B. For this I can take 3 models out of the Battlefront Dunkirk box as it comes with exactly 3 lights. 

 British Main Force

• A10 Platoon (3 tanks) - I've managed to find a seller in the EU that still had several boxes of the PSC A9/A10 so I just bought them all. Battlefront only does a blisterpack with 2 A9's and that gets expensive really quick.
• A13 Platoon (3 tanks) - The Dunkirk box comes with 5 A13's so that is sorted.
• Vickers MkVI C Platoon (3 tanks).  For this I have picked up another Dunkirk box, this also gives me additional British troops and 2 Pounders. 
• Additional A13 (Commander) that I can get for the original Dunkirk box. 

So besides the staff car, they are all in my collection and I can start to build them.

For the Germans I have the following:

Starting Forces

• 1x SdKfz 222 - I have loads of these in resin from Battlefront, so not a problem. I even have a Zvezda one that would make a nice wreck if I am honest.
• 1x SdKfz 232 -  it does not say if it is the 6-rad or the 8-rad, but the only one I have in my stash is the 8-rad from PSC so that is a moot point.
• 1x Panzer II - in my stash from BF

German Main Forces 

• Panzer II Platoon (3 vehicles) -  I can take these from the Maginot starter box (the German side was properly packed unlike the French, so undamaged apart from some damage to the Siocast crews.
• Panzer 35(t) Platoon 1 (3 vehicles) - I do not own any 35(t) but I do own several 38(t) boxes from PSC so I'm afraid these will substitute for the 35(t). After this those can be used for Barbarossa etc.
• Panzer 35(t) Platoon 2 (3 vehicles) -  Same,
•  Officer in Panzer IV (which assume is the D) - I have a blister of this model in my stash. 
• 2 offtable 88 shots. I have tons of 88's but I will need to check if I have Early War crew. I could get away with a counter but a real model (with a counter next to it) is more fun for me.  

And that is all the scenario needs.  

Limited in build time, I'm looking forward to building, painting, and finishing these. I have no set deadline for this project, so it will most likely come and go like the others before it. I've already looked at doing additional bits but those can wait till these are done. 

Why shipping models as letterbox mail is a bad idea...

 Sure, why not. Looking forward to the sellers reply. 

Edit 28/3 - Seller refunded the entire order, no need to return it. Now to find a way to hide the damage. 

AK-47 "Animal" Group Build - Cannery plated and fixing something I forgot

 I've been working in the front yard relaying the pavers and widening the driveway a bit (as far as my body and limited skills let me) cause my parents and brother drive SUV tanks these days.

Finished today and to say I'm tired is an understatement. Gotta love getting old :) But it is done and I am happy about it.

Anyway, plated all of the factory earlier this week, but.....

To seriously misquote Sir Cain, I forgot the bloody loading door!

<sigh>

Ripped off a building from my H0 scrap pile, washed off 20 years of sigarette gunk, cut a sateh stick and some scrap MDF et voila, loading door. 20 minutes of work.

Now that I look at it I might add some trim beneath the door....but that's for tomorrow.

Tetrapods based up

 This enough for now. Sanding next, then Mr Surfacer.