Close to the Coline d'Éric Cantona the Artillery Regiment (RATT) of a DLM prepares a warm reception to the advancing Germans. In the meantime an Unic P107 BU broke down and is being towed by a Somua MCG 5. Everything is being closely controlled by two rare command Renault YS in the typical French Methodical Battle doctrine.
I used a new cellphone but some of these pictures became blurry as I still need to check the device for better results.
The 75mm guns are MiniGeneral 3D prints with HAT wheels and Simon's Soldiers crew. The limber is Irregular Miniatures with new doors and ammunition.
The towing bar of the Irregular Miniatures limber was changed to something close to the original.
The Simon's Soldiers French artillerymen are beautiful figures and for more poses I mixed several references.
The cavalry Renault YS and the Artillery Renault YS are ShellHole scenics. The camouflage schemes were taken from the profiles of the Hors-Série Nº5 of Batailles magazine.
My friend Mário Laranja designed and printed for me the nine Unic P107 BU you see in the first picture, the artillery variant of the P107. Like this all three battalions of the RATT have their tows (six will pull the 75mm guns and three other the 105mm guns). They came out very nicely as usual with lots of detail. This camouflage was taken from Pascal Danjou fantastic models in the Minitracks magazine.
This other simple painting scheme was taken from a very nice model made by Olivier Chabanne.
The last camouflage is another from Pascal Danjou.
The level of detail of these resin models is very good, the opposite of the photographer's quality. The model comes in one piece, only the canvas cover and steering wheel are separate.
The original resin 3D print of the P107 BU in all its grace minus canvas cover.
Another recovery Somua MGG 5 was added to the BCCs. This one is a MiniGeneral 3D PLA print with added crane and details.
The driver is Hat from the French artillery set.
Next: Epic ACW or Seelow Heights.
Fantastic mate, love the camouflage
ReplyDeletePromise to do better next time :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant, thanks for showing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Will. Not much to finish the French 1940 .
DeleteLoving those mate!
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteMore lovely work and the Renault YS's are brilliant and now I want some for my French army!
ReplyDeleteOn that case ill ask shellhole to refund
ReplyDeleteme in order to pay publicity :)
Mario is a hero! I love early war vehicles: everything looks like an experiment.
ReplyDeleteMário is Super Mario :)
ReplyDeleteJust love your site and am inspired everytime I visit. I am ordering some miniGeneral models. How difficult are they to remove from the frames and remove excess resin? I assume a sharp knife will do the job, yes?
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris. In fact the MiniGeneral kits are not difficult to take the excess parts. But if the first time you are building PLA 3d prints you will need a blunt blade for the biggest parts and a smaller one for details. Before priming apply a coat of some paste on the areas with printing lines. Its mostly a question of habit, then they become easier. Pay attention that the P107 HT are not MiniGeneral but produced by a friend of mine in printed Resin which has much better results and you dont need to do any of the previous steps.
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