Another Battle from Singapore

My mate sent me some pics of a game he had in Singapore recently with a bit of commentary

He is defending the short edge with Germans. US approaching from the bottom

US armour (blue) and infantry (green) pushed both flanks. Two German infantry
platoons were dug in (purple), with mortar and Nebelwervers in support.
German StuGs and a third infantry platoon were off table in immediate reserve.

Picture showing German objectives

US infantry advancing toward the German right flank. 

Half of these teams were withered down by 8cm mortar shells.

The Germans had four PAK40s in ambush in the woods, (pink scribble above) 

that wreaked havoc with the two US Sherman platoons.

Both the infantry and Shermans were blunted and stalled by aerial German steel.

First the bottom troop and then the top troop of Shermans were taken out by the PAKs, 

for the loss of only one gun. The Germans were lucky!

US Air cover

My British 11th Armoured Division 25-11-2019

Some Examples of my British 11th Armoured Division 15mm Flames of War - 15mm, 1/100 scale
Pioneer Platoon, vehicles are Flames of War, trailer is Peter Pig figures are Command Decision

Pioneer platoon, figures are a mix of Command Decision and Forged in Battle

 Flames of War Universal carriers and Command Decision Figures added

Sherman Spotter Tank for artillery Flames of War

 M10 Tank Destroyers Flames of War (Command Decision heads added)

Artillery HQ Command Decision Figures

 Sexton 25pndr Artillery Flames of War vehicles, Command Decision Figures

 Spotting Team Command Decision

 Churchill I Flames of War (Turrets modified from later Turrets)

Forged in Battle Stuarts

Forged in Battle Stuarts

Flames of War Plastic Shermans

When the guns went silent - 11 November 1918

A Small Repair

I bought two pre-owned Princess Class Horby-Triang trains and only noticed afterwards that the cab roof of the one was broken off. The challenge was on! I made a mould of the other one, (a bit rough but it did the trick) and then cast a new roof. Unfortunately I cut the old damaged roof away in bad light and didn't do a good job which entailed hiding the flaws with modelling clay. Anyway, the final product wasn't as neat as I would have liked it, however it is good enough for now and I have figured out how to better go about it if I ever have to do something like this again.

The two loco's next to each other

 The mould, a bit rough

 The cast roof

 In place

 Modelling clay

 First spray, (it helps to see the flaws for smoothing out)

Second spray and livery. I still need to add a bit of detail and weathering with paint .

Rail2Road Model Train Layout Progress October 2019

This layout belongs to a friend, we are busy doing a rebuild/repair and then adding detail. Most of the rebuilding and repair work to the actual landscape (Baring one large, new area which we will do last) is complete and now we are busy doing the fine detail to the landscaping,

Once all the detail has been finished more figures and figure scenes will be added for the final finish. I have been enjoying helping Chris on his layout. Who needs a shrink? This is the best de-stress one can get.

The car wash.

 This scene will eventually have a children's play ground with kids playing..

 Grass added, I have used four different types and shade here.

Trees and bushes to finish it. Swings and figure will be added later.

The starting point.

 This area was very drab and lifeless, so we added detail just to break the grey and brown 

 Wood glue and beach sand

 Brown undercoat

First layer of rough grass, dyed sawdust and wood shavings.

Then the scatter grass three different shades followed by bushes and trees.

View from under the overpass.

View from opposite direction

Another very small are, just a little bit of green makes such a difference.

The road to the sand quarry.

Before and after

Just a little bit of detail changes the whole appearance. This piece still has to have some tweaking to finish it off but so far the result is good.