Canadians at Carpiquet Aerodrome 1944

A mix of British and Canadian armour let's see how well this force will do against the SS. I don't think I need to get anymore British or Canadian armor!

This was a mega smash up! The Canadians decided to try and take a hill to dominate the airport but the SS had figured out how to keep the Canadians from reaching their objectives. 

Ian was focused on taking out a lot of my carriers. He left .y Artillery alone but I was still unable to take and hold the hill 

Two Osprey Books for the price of one!

Recently I visited the bookstore, Chapters in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. I was able to find two steals in their discount history section.
Both books by Chris McNab are Hitler's Elite: The SS and The German Army 1935-45. Both books if bought from Osprey would have cost me close to 100.00 Cdn with shipping. But they were 15.00 each!
So I now have some more reference books on the German forces for Bolt Action games.

good reads

Bolt Action Demolition: 7th Canadian Brigade attack on Norrey-en-Bessin

This scenario is based on the reports contained in the book Maple Leaf Route: Caen
(Copp and Vogel, 1983)
Canadian units included:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles : 2 stands mounted in a Universal Carrier
Regina Rifles: 2 stands mounted in a Universal Carrier
Canadian Scottish: 2 stands mounted in a Universal Carrier

First Hussars: Humber Armored car armed with a 2pdr gun, and a Bren armed armored car with an M3 AA Half track

Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa 3 Mortars with a Bren gun group

3rd Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery: 6pdr Anti-Tank gun with tractor

12th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery 1 Sexton

Queens Own Rifles also in support with tanks of 4th Canadian Armored Division 3 Sherman's with a Firefly

German forces

26th Panzer Grenadiers Regiment with 12th Panzer Regiment, elements of 12th Panzerjager, and mortar and Nebelwefer support
1 Panther and a Panzer III made up the Panzer force with attached Hanamog support

12 Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery 

Royal Regina Rifles

1st Hussars advance

7th Brigade begins the advance

26th Panzergrenadiers holding a hedgegrove

Elements of the 12th Panzerjager

12th Panzer Regiment also lends support

German fire takes out a Sherman

A Panzer III makes short work of some Canadian units 

Universal Carriers make a mounted dash while the infantry dismount and assault the Germans

PIAT rounds take out the Panzerjagers

Grenades make short work of the remaining Hanamogs

The SS make a withdrawl. Canadians have achieved their objective.

Waffen SS Divisions in miniature

As mentioned before, I have modeled kit for the 12th SS Hitlerjugen and LLSH
Over the next bit, I will be posting shots of my table top units.

Hanamog 251 WIP

My son's Christmas presents all bought, so Daddy has to build them. Plastic Soldier Company makes some very nice kits, but there is little in the way of instructions. It's not rocket science but it can be tricky if you put stuff on backwards. I guess that's why you always fit the stuff first before you add the glue.

 A 251 gets built

Paint instructions from Plastic Soldier Company

Almost done

 A command version of the 251, the first one in the kit I built. Others to follow. Shots below from tank encyclopedia 

 this version I bought about eleven years ago, however, it needs to be repaired, the muzzle break was broken off, so I may have to replace it with a gun I have without its carriage. I may buy another. 

Additional German armored support for Christmas

Ian is going to be doing well from Santa. After he saw my 6pdr Anti-Tank, he then wanted an artillery piece.
Henceforth, he will be getting a German Infantry 75mm gun plus a Kubelwagen and a Kettlegrad! He still might get some Panthers and Hanamogs.
Pictures to follow.
And what should my hunting instincts tell me but I found a World Tank Museum game set for about five dollars Cdn which has two Tigers, now a part of the 1st SS Panzer Division,two Panzer IV, now part of 12th SS Panzer Regiment two T-34/76 now part of 1st SS Panzer Korps. And two Sherman M4s for the British and Canadians! They need a lick of paint but ready to rumble!
I found this set in the used shop my oldest stepson works in. (picture)

 Pegasus 75mm Infantry gun. The kit has one gun with two crews. One as Waffen SS, the other as Wermacht. I plan on doing up this kit for Ian's 272 Panzergrenadier Division.

 The Kettlegrad will be given to the Waffen SS Panzer Division to support the Panzergrenadier Nebelwefer battery. The Kubelwagen will go become a recce company with the 272 Panzergrenadiers.

Fire support for the Waffen SS

As I went through Akihabara, I stopped at Yellow Submarine to see what cheaper kits they had. There were several, but I only got two. These will be Ian's Christmas presents.
I'm still thinking on ordering kits from Plastic Soldier Company. I'd like to get him some Hanamog Half-tracks.
The first kit he gets is a Whirlwind Anti-aircraft tank, a Panzer IV version. He'll get some good use taking out troops and my carriers with this.
The other is a Nebelwefer! I think I had one of these in storage, but not sure.
So the Waffen SS will have a bit more sting come the New Year
Pictures of boxes to follow.