Monday, May 13, 2024

Units for Essel

I'm hoping to get in a game of TacWWII at the informal gaming club at one of the local pubs. I've adapted Bob Mackenzie's Breakout from the Essel Bridgehead scenario and found that it needed a few elements I didn't yet have.

These are all 1/300th scale wargames toys; not accurate scale models.

First up the Germans have a low probability of a single sortie by a ground-attack Me262. Fortunately I had a 3D print left over from the ones I did for Crisis Point:



Then there's a Loyd carrier to tow the British 6pdr AT gun. Don't know the manufacturer - it came in a bag of second hand stuff marked "British Support Company".



And finally I adapted an old Irregular Miniatures Universal Carrier to make the Wasp flame-thrower variant. The flames are from painted clump foliage and the fuel and propellant tanks are from plastic rod.





 

4 comments:

Steve J. said...

Love the Me-262 and the flames from the Wasp are a neat idea and something I should do for mine and my Churchill Crocodile too:).

Counterpane said...

Cheers Steve!

I started doing the clump foliage flames (raised up off the ground on a frame made from a staple) to help distinguish engineers from infantry bases.

Tales from Shed HQ said...

Excellent love the Wasp in particular 👍

Counterpane said...

Cheers Richard!