Chinese People's Liberation Army source books

My two primary source books on the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

British Airborne equipment

There are two major limitations on airborne assaults: your forces if deployed by parachute can be scattered wildly and they have limited heavy weapon capability.

One way of concentrating your forces is to use gliders (that adds a new vulnerability as gliders are delicate things and provide limited protection from anti-aircraft fire). The other is the development of vehicles that can either be air-dropped or glider landed in support of your forces.

The British Light Tank Mark VII Tetrach was a light tank designed as part of the losing battle of light tank design that was then used as a glider borne tank.

Normally armed with a two pound anti-tank gun (a weapon that had shown shortcomings during the early North African campaign and was obsolete by 1943) it was not a particularly useful vehicle but at least gave the impression that you were supported by a tank.

This is the Tetrach at the Tank Museum.

A requirement for a glider delivered tank was passed from the British to the Americans, the M22 Locust was the result. Armed with a 37mm gun, it had poor anti-tank capability, initial unreliability and did not really bring much to the battle.

The Welbike was a motorbike designed to fit inside the standard air-drop containers, hence the compact design with spindly seat and handlebars.

I think this is an airborne howitzer.

Airborne jeep.

I think this is an airborne anti-tank gun.

World War Two gliders were extremely lightweight, and there was no protection for the passengers or crew. The Medical Research Council designed a set of armour comprising three 1mm thick manganese steel plates. These provided some protection to the chest, lower belly and lower back.

The plates were in canvas carriers and had felt padding. Weighing just over one kilogram, they were unpopular.

Shown over a Glider Pilot battledress blouse, they were normally worn under the Denison smock.

On display at Duxford.

Evil Bear British Powered Suit

Way back when (Colours 2015) I bought two British ultramodern troopers in powered armour. It has taken a while to get one of them near to finished.

Armed with a GPMG and a backpack mounted ammunition supply, it can lay down heavy firepower. The armour and the shield on the left arm provide them with protection from small arms fire.

The ammunition feed requires a lot of manipulation to get it in the right shape. I added some additional support where the belt goes into the gun.

Not completely convinced that it will fit in the Foxhound (another Evil Bear product).

 Comparison with Empress British SAS.

TTCombat - Streets of Venice building 7 for use in Malifaux

TTCombat has a range of building under the Streets of Venice brand. Unlike Sarissa and other laser cut MDF, it is not scaled for the heroic 28mm end of the scale but is more suited to the larger 32-40mm figure sizes such as Malifaux.

They are also remarkably cheap compared to other manufacturers.

I initially posted about it here.

The building was undercoated with Halfords grey spray primer. A coat of Citadel Roughcoat gave some texture. The first floor is Citadel Zandri Dust, the lower was undercoated with Halfords Red Primer. The quoins and door and window frames are Citadel Rakash Flesh.

The mortar was Army Painter Skeleton Bone.

The bricks/tiles are painted individually using a wet palette and Vallejo Black, Hull Red, Burnt Cadmium Red and Red Leather.

It was then dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone and washed with Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

The upper floor is painted with Vallejo Old Wood. The interiors were spray painted with Citadel Corax White. The floor of the ground floor is painted Citadel Mournfang Brown.

As you can see the doorways are sufficient size for Malifaux humans, in this case a Freikorp Strike Team.

HLBS British Ferret armoured Car - part two

So I make haste slowly.

I have removed the wheels from their gates. There is quite a number of air bubbles to fill.

Shermhill Firefly

From a discussion on Lead Adventures, I present the Shermhill Firefly.

Warlord Churchill hull with a Warlord M4A4 Sherman VC turret (from my Hercules project).

You can see the turret ring will not fit between the hull sides.

Wild West Exodus - Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp from the Wild West Exodus: Gunfight at Red Oak starter set.

Far too many straps and things.

The shield and rifle still needs some work.