Warlord Tiger II - part five

Having completed the camouflage, the tools and tow cables were then painted.

 

The tank was given a wash of Citadel Agrax Earhshade.

Just spotted that I had not done under the nose, nor the tow shackle extensions.

Citadel Nuln oil wash was used around the exhausts.

Warlord Games KV1/KV-2 tank part three

A while back I was building the Warlord KV-1/2. I had reached the point where I needed to add the tow cables, but needed some bits and pieces to make the tow cable shackles.

These are 7mm to the foot shackles and split pins.

Warlord Tiger II - part four

So currently working on the camouflage.

As previously mentioned, the base colour is Citadel Zandri Dust.

The green pattern was painted with Vallejo Russian Uniform Green. The brown pattern is Citadel Mournfang Brown,

Zandri Dust is a lot more yellow by eye.

Here is the Tank Museum Tiger II with the production turret (the one with the prototype turret has no Zimmerit and no camouflage).

Warlord Tiger II - part three

The Tiger 2 has been undercoated, first with Citadel Chaos Black spray, then the body has been base coated with Citadel Zandri Dust. The tracks need to be tidied up with some track colour (Vallejo Black, Black Grey and either Burnt Cadmium or Hull Red mixed on a wet palette).

Warlord Tiger II - part two

This kit was a bit of a bind to assemble.

There are no real assistance in the assembly of the turret (well the one that was originally intended for the "Porsche" version). You have to balance the four sides and the top and the bottom.

The alignment wedges used to align the running gear with the hull do not slot together properly, the holes are slightly too small and require opening out. On the other hand the D shaped pegs on the periscopes allow 360 degree rotation and the gun barrels can rotate by about 10 degrees.

The exhaust options are limited, lacking the surrounds found on examples in use in Normandy.

The  zimmerit covering on the hull and turret sides sets the production date to pre-September 1944, when it was discontinued.

Now the weather just needs to improve enough for it to be undercoated.

Warlord Tiger II - part one

I bought the Warlord King Tiger (Tiger II or Koenig Tiger) kit at The Gameskeeper last year.

The kit comes in a standard Warlord box with three sprues.

 There are two complete turrets in the kit, but the finished model can only use one or the other.

Dinky Daimler Armoured Car

A very long time ago I was given a Dinky Armoured Car . It had sat in a box with many other childhood toys for many years.

I think it was at Warfare 2013 I picked up a Warlord Games Daimler MkI armoured car. In 2014 I actually got round to assembling it and posted about it. At the time, I mentioned that somewhere I had the Dink toy one.

Now the Warlord one has accumulated a bit of dust (and I still have not added any decals - even though I have some from the Warlord Guards Armoured Division set).

Here are some photographs of the two vehicles.

I had always assumed that Dinky models were 1/43 scale (O-Gauge, 7mm to the foot), but as you can see they are slightly smaller than what is supposed to be 1/56 scale.

The "tactical sign" on the Dinky model may well be a post war version.

The spare wheel is not glued to the Warlord model, and had fallen off (and I had not noticed it when taking the photographs).

William Killian again for scale.

The underside of the armoured car.

Warlord Opel Blitz truck - better photographs

Some additional photographs taken in natural light rather than using a flash.

Warlord Opel Blitz truck

Recently I visited The Gameskeeper in Oxford, where they have a large range of Bolt Action.

After an interesting chat with the proprietor and the regional rep from Warlord (thanks guys), I bought the Opel Blitz and a King Tiger (plus another pack of Guards Armoured Division decals).

The kit can be built either as an Opel Blitz, or as the halftrack Maultier.

Here are the sprues

Instructions, decals, cards and a passengers sprue.  There is also a sheet of clear plastic with the window outlines printed on it.

I had previously bought the Tankograd book on the Opel Blitz, which came in handy.

The kit went together reasonably well. The instructions do not make it clear that the bonnet/roof has to be assembled while the radiator grill and bonnet sides are not set, as there is an overhang on the radiator grill that the bonnet top has to go under. My original intention was to leave the bonnet top and roof off to allow access to the cab interior. This was not possible, so I just left the doors off.

William Killian for scale.

I used the high sided panels as I was going to use the canvas roof.

I assembled the canvas cover with the rear curtain down. I also did not glue it to the body.

The wheels were not glued in place so that I could spray them separately. The whole thing was undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black. The body colour was Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey,

Rear view showing the closed rear curtain.

The underside (including the wheel arches) was muddied up with Citadel Stirling Mud textured paint. The underside was then painted with Vallejo Burnt Umber (my default mud colour).

The wooden parts of the load bed were dry brushed with Vallejo Old Wood. Army painter Strong Tone was then washed over the underframe and the wood.

The canvas was dry brushed first with Army painter Golem Stone, then Citadel Terminatus Stone. It was then washed with Citadel Seraphim Sepia.

The seat was painted with Citadel Steel Legion Drab and the starring wheel with Citadel XV-88. Once painted. the doors were added. I did have a go at installing the windows, butI could not get the clear plastic cut to the correct size (there is a tiny overlap inside the window to attach it to, and that was well past my skill level).

The metal work was lightly dry brushed with Vallejo London Grey.

Overall, it is a nice kit. The option for the half track version is nice (and I have some plans for the track unit).

The two disappointments were that you could not get into the cab to paint it once assembled (the Rubicon slide moulded cabs can be kept separate during painting) and the printed windows. Additional copies of the prints would help the less skilled builder.