Blast from the Past...

Hasslefree's Eve, painted up as Rebecca from the Lagoon Transport Company.

The photograph (and the painting) date back to 2011.

I blame Netflix, as I have been watching Black Lagoon.

I do not have a second one of these figures (unless it is in a box somewhere), but I do have a Hasslefree Indiana, which might well do as an alternative.

US T1E2 Light Tank

The US Light Tank prototype T1E2 was one of a series of Light Tanks built in the late 'twenties and early 'thirties.

The T1E2 was the third prototype model and had the engine in the front with the turret and the crew compartment at the rear. The turret was armed initially with a short 37mm gun and a coax 0.30" Browning, but was later armed with a long barrel 37mm Browning semi-automatic gun.

The Empress kit comprises a resin hull and turret, and white metal track units and gun barrel.

I managed to irreversibly bend the barrel, so decided to make my own out of brass rod.

 The track units do not have proper fixing points, so I drilled a couple of depressions into the hull and the track unit so the epoxy resin would have a better grip.

The gun barrel, recuperator and coax machine gun were made from 1.5mm diameter brass rod.

A  set of ammunition boxes from the Rubicon Allied Stowage Set was cut in half and fixed to the rear mudguards.

 Once assembled, the tank was given an undercoat of Citadel Chaos Black spray, followed by Humbrol 155 Olive Drab spray. The tracks were painted with a wet blended mix of Vallejo black, Vallejo Black Grey, and Army Painter Chaotic Red.

This was dry brushed with Citadel Nurgling Green dry brush paint. The track etc was retouched with a similar mix.

 The decals were from the Italeri 28mm scale M3 Stuart kit. I am not convinced about the US flag.

A comparison with the Carden Loyd MG carrier.

It now needs some weathering.

I did have a zoom in on the flag:

That is a fifty star flag, someone did not do their research.

15mm Cromwell from PSC part three

At Colours I bought a set of 15mm transfers for the British Guards Division.

The Cromwell has received Guards Division and Welsh Guards decals.

Colours 2019

So once again it is time for the journey to Newbury Racecourse for Colours.

First port of call was Empress Miniatures, they had just received the castings for the Ontos so I wanted to buy one before they sold out. I only just made it. There was also the M113 ACAV, the rest of the Vietnam USMC and the current NVA figures. I also bought a T1E2 pre-war US tank.

I have to sort out the colours for the M113 and get the M50 Ontos book by Osprey book.

Crooked Dice had lots of new stuff, including this cute Giant Robot.

My stack of Rubicon kits does not seem to go down. Though I added this lot, so perhaps there is an explanation.

For the first time in 20 years or so I bought some 1/300 vehicles from Heroics and Ros.

 Some Russian vehicles (and a Warrior)

British vehicles.

 I also bought a box of Wargames Atlantic's SF infantry.

 They are likely to end up as Hydra troopers or something similar.

Gringo's 40 had their new 28mm Mule self propelled recoilless rifle.