I thought that I had finished this first house in my Band of Brothers project, but after looking at it on my painting table for the last few days, I'm not sure it is finished. I think that I have put my finger on the source of the problem:
I thought that I had finished this first house in my Band of Brothers project, but after looking at it on my painting table for the last few days, I'm not sure it is finished. I think that I have put my finger on the source of the problem:
This is the first house from my Band of Brothers Nuenen project, but I've called it House #3 based on its map location. I realise that this is nowhere near as exciting for anyone other than me - it's just another MDF kit building - but for
I have been experimenting further with the capabilities of my new laser cutter, which has involved methodically testing a number of variables: I started off performing a ramp test, which showed me where the ideal height for the laser to be
As part of my latest project (recreating Nuenen from episode of Band of Brothers), I had been considering whether to buy a laser cutter or not, for the purpose of being able to custom make the buildings with some precision. The kits which a…
For my Band of Brothers Nuenen project, I now have made a decent start on drawing each building. I've completed an elevation view and an "architectural" drawing (with measurements) for each side of three buildings so far. Building #1 was th…
It is the 25th anniversary year of the HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers, which followed the men of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division from their training camp in Toccoa, Georgia to the e…
It's been really wet and windy today, so I've had a day of sorting stuff out, which included getting around to gathering together various cardboard boxes that I have been storing my collection of 1/56th scale WWII vehicles in and putting th…
I've been working on a couple more late war German vehicles, a JagdPanther and a Wirbelwind, both kits from Rubicon, for my Iron Cross armies. The Wirbelwind is based on the chassis of a Panzer IV, so in common with a lot of Rubicon kits, t…
I've had a great afternoon's gaming versus Stuart playing an Iron Cross scenario loosely based on Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Denmark on 9th April, 1940, which lasted approximately 6 hours before the Danes capitulated. I wa…
I've been slowly building and painting a couple of Panzer IVs for use in either Italy (with field applied camo) or North West Europe. I didn't take any in-progress shots, but here are the finished articles. I say finished...I've been debati…
I thought that I would deviate a little from my standard content today and share a couple of web sites that I have stumbled upon this week, which should be fascinating to anyone who is interested in WWII. The first looks like it has been a