Bénouville (Pegasus) Bridge, 6th June 1944, 20mm scale

This is a scratchbuilt Pegasus bridge. Made mainly in Evergreen it fits between two 4 cm high polystyrene blocks. Great fun to build!

Battle of Aljubarrota 1385 in 20mm-1/72nd scale

Now I will show you my 20mm figures for the Battle of Aljubarrota, fought in 1385 between the Portuguese and the Castillians/French. The first six pictures are from the French part which was massacred after being caught between the Portuguese vanguard and rearguard. And massacre it was, as by then most of the French knights and retinues were prisoners and unarmed. But the sight of the Castillian cavalry massing for the 2nd and final assault made the Mestre de Avis and Nuno Alvares Pereira (declared Saint, in 2009???) ordering their throats  to be cut by the peasantry.

The figures are from StreletsR, Zvezda, Italeri and Revell. Still plenty to do as usual in large armies. They are based for the Portuguese Arcane rules by Jerboa, with a ratio of 100 to a stand.

Béarn flag. Béarn was the area where most of the French came from.

Arnoud de Solier - Limousin

Gascoigne

King of France retinues.

Geoffrey de Partenay.

Full french Army.

English/portuguese wing.

Caro José Miguel Mendes: pronto, já não faltam os Italianos.

Rapid Fire! 20mm, Ariete tank division, Italian Army North Africa, 1942

The Command M13-40
 of one of the Ariete

Armoured Battalions (Esci).

The full battalion made of Italeri and Altaya models. 

Semovente 75mm (Esci).

The commander on

the right is a toy fireman with added goggles,
but he really looks like an Italian tank crewman.

AB 41 armoured cars

(first two Altaya; last one

FrontLine Wargaming)
with added Esci figures).

47mm guns. Made of Evergreen

 plastic with crews

from everywhere,
even from Esci British/Zulu box.

One battalion of Bersaglieri.

Esci Italians, British

and others with added
heads with Greenstuffed

plumes.


 

The Solothurn 20mm AT gun.

Evergreen

with copied wheels in resin.

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Breda 8mm MMG. Evergreen also.

The full 4 Bersaglieri battalions of Ariete and Littorio divisions. 

One of these days I will have to start artillery and soft skins...damn crisis!

DAK 3rd battalion

This is my 3rd 20mm Rapid Fire! DAK infantry battalion , just out of the final spray.

You can see Revell german winter infantry just repainted for the desert and also a figure from the pioneer box.

New heads and equipment for these ones.

Chinese airfix (bigger) goes well with the old Atlantic figures I like so much (PSR site don´t but that is ok for me).

New heads for these Hat figures from another Hat set glued with normal pastic cement (great improvement, don´t need to stick my fingers with nails no more).

With new head and Keffiah.

1815 Prussian Berg regiments in 28mm

Hat 28mm prussian turned into the white berg uniforms os the 28th and 29th Infantry regiments

Matchbox 1/72nd scale Corvette converted to Destroyer

This is the heavily scratchbuilt Destroyer based on the 1/72nd Matchbox Corvette. The different parts are made out of Evergreen plastic. This is a piece to use on beach landing support Wargames with D-Day in mind.

The 7 last photos are of another kit built straight from the box .

1815 British / allied army 28mm

Here goes what I have up to the moment regarding Wellington´s army in Waterloo. Still plenty to do.

69th foot; Halkett Bgde; 3rd ID (Alten). Perry miniatures.

Lunebourg Battalion; Kielmansegge Bgde; 3rd ID. Victrix and Perry all mixed up.

British Foot artillery. Victrix and Irregular Miniatures.

79th Highlander. Victrix.

14th foot; Collville/Mitchell Bgde, 4th ID. Perry miniatures.

Verden Battalion; Best Bgde; 6th ID. Mainly Victrix with the headgear made from burned shakos up to the present form, modelled with the finger while hot.

The farm on all pictures. A Hovels model offered by Jorge Faria (O Brigadeiro). Very easy to paint and with an added wood base.