A bit of Western Desert

Inspired by the newly working 3D printer I've carried on producing a few models for Gabr-el-Ahmar, 1940.

Two battalions of M11/39 medium tanks appeared in my last post but here's a slightly more close up view of a few of them.

I've also done some L3/35 tankettes.

For the Commonwealth forces, I started off with a couple of portee 37mm Bofors AT guns. The only portee set-up I could find on Thingiverse was a 2pdr. When scaled down to 1/300th scale the AT didn't print properly but the truck was okay. I decided to scratch build the AT guns using one in my 1941 Hungarian force as a scale guide.

Stretched sprue of various thicknesses gave me the wheels, gun barrels and trails while the gunshields were fashioned from thick paper. I'll add some crew figures when my order from H&R arrives.

The scenario calls for A Squadron, 11th Hussars in the form of two troops of Rolls Royce and one of Morris armoured cars. These were my first attempt at the Caunter camouflage scheme. I used Vallejo Dark Sand as the base with overlaid patterns of Basalt Grey and Pastel Green.

Finally (for now) I delved through the bits box and managed to find an old Irregular Miniatures Bren Carrier and some Heroics and Ros British infantry. Together I think they make a reasonable KRRC carrier platoon. I'm quite pleased with the way they remind me of the work, in 20mm scale, of the late John Sandars, one of my earliest wargaming inspirations.