Goulburn Impetus comp

Ten of us had a great weekend of Impetus at Goulburn.  Only got photos of my boys on the field in the first game.

And finally the camp / baggage base which is a must in Impetus.

They performed pretty well - getting me a second place in only my second Impetus outing (got the wooden spoon last comp!!)

Needed a few more Huns

Have a tournament on next weekend and changed my lists around a bit from last time.  As a consequence I need two more Foot stands - hence the 24 foot troops.

Also taking the opportunity to change some of the existing stands so that the Generals are part of the stands, and have some more things to add to the camp scene that did not get finished last time.

Someone will also be very relieved to know that I am making a concerted effort to fix all the errors made in the painting of the horses.  I'm sure I'll be informed if I they remain genetically erroneous :)

Just brown undercoat on at the moment - hope to have a lot of paint on today and hopefully some better photos very soon.

Three new horsemen to make a command stand and two foot units

Werfers finished

Just finished these - already pieces are breaking off.  But they won't get onto the table too often so all will be fine.

Breaking the back of the Werfers

After undercoating the first two I noticed a big gap that needed filling.  This put plans back a bit and while sitting at the desk playing with the filler I spied the third Werfer sitting in it's box and decided to knock it off while I was in the right mindset.

So approx 5 hours (family all out today) of swearing at this plastic mess got me another Werfer and then undercoated and have just spent a hours putting the basecoat on.  I am going to leave the two of them in plain Dunkelgelb and just go with the one camoflaged.

I'll let it all dry overnight and then when I get back from the Dawn Service start with the weathering.

More to come tomorrow.

Werfer building finished

The work on the plastic has finished - I had forgotten how much work it can be doing a plastic kit (that doesn't fit too well).

As a small example, three of the track units went together well once I discovered a good glue - the other too three goes to join with the same glue.

Anyway off to get painted (over the next three days I hope).

Work on Panzerwerfer 42

I have made a start on a pair of Panzerwerfer 42 and an ammunition resupply vehicle for them.  The kits are Rode.

Roden kits and their contents

Assembly has not been as easy as I would have hoped.  I am looking forward to being able to get back to a resin Milicast or metal SHQ or MMS kit after this experience.  Progress has got this far when I tried to join the tracks (which is proving difficult and then put them over the running gear only to discover that the axles and mountings are no where near strong enough.

One Werfer and the resupply vehicle

So, had to cut the bogies off the one that had been made and fashion some mounting blocks from plastic card so that I can use brass rods for the axles to give them extra strength.

Hopefully good progress will not be made......