Panzer IV with side skirts

 A few more tanks i got in trade which shall get some much needed paint.

Panther

 One of the tanks i was able to acquire in trade in the box of kits was a lone Panther.

I've gotten a basic colour on it but I'll be doing my usual North-west Europe camoflauged scheme on it.

Now the Panther was the German answer to the T-34/85. The tank had sloped armour and a 75mm gun. 

This Panther is in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa

In time, I shall have a full platoon of these.

I have in 1/72 

17/21 Lancers with the Valentine tank

 As part of my Christmas presents to myself I was able to get a troop of Valentine tanks.

I got some paint on them to get them pictured. Just need to do on a day off.

Valentines

Early Valentines

They did what they could but these tanks were really unable to go up against the Afrika Korps.  But I'll see what happens on a table

Afrika Korps

 

The Ballantines series came out over 50 years ago. This particular copy was published in 1968.

My Dad collected about 2 dozen volumes of the series and over the years I have looked at but never really read most of them.

Their style is very reminiscent of the contemporary Osprey publishing MAA series which began about the same time. 

So over the next little while, I shall be looking at these and seeing how I can adapt the information to my Wargames 

Operation Bagration

 Happy 2025! Over the holidays I had a HUGE increase in my 15mm collection thanks to a fellow collector who via trade and cash, I got around 100 vehicles, plus their spare bits which may mean I can scratch build more.

My Soviet force now contains:

12 IS-2 tanks!

10 T-34/85? I have to check

5 SU-100

2 ISU-52 SP guns

2 76mm gun battery

2 57mm Anti-tank battery

4 122mm battery 

3 Scout car platoon

Rocket truck

12c trucks 

(Needs infantry)