Sdkfz10 with Pak36(r)

Again for Tunisia based on these photos (ignore the first caption as its obviously the same vehicle )



Taken from Claude Gillono`s "Panzers of Kasserine", a book full of interesting pictures. Now I usually don`t model guns in towed mode, but wanted to experiment with the composition and modelling/painting including the crew. Later when I have time I`m going to model an emplaced gun too.

Sdkfz10 by Britannia (added mixed stowage), Pak36(r) is Raventhorpe, the crew are a mix of AB Figures and Blitz tank riders, except fro the driver who is Britannia with a Raventhorpe head.





A closer look at the crew

Italians for Tunisia (inc transport & armour)

Spent a few weeks painting up transport and armour for my battlegroup, so here it is virtually complete -

Anti-tank battery with Ready to Roll Fiat Dovunque trucks (it turned out the Italians portee`d their 47mm to prevent damage)

100mm howitzer with Frontline Fiat 623 tow

75mm depot gun with Minimi TL37 tow

20mm Breda AA with another TL37 tow

Frontline Semovente sp guns

Frontline M13/40s

MMGs and 80mm mortar allcarried in a Ready to Roll Fiat 626


1st infantry platoon with Minimi AS37

2nd infantry platoon with AS37

3rd infantry platoon with Minimi TL37

Battlegroup HQ - Esci Opel Blitz with office body, Frontline staff car


This should have been it, but I got so carried away converting figires and messing about; I have 30 painted figures left over
So I`m going to build a recce unit with motorcycles and M/C combinations and field car and a reserve platoon attached to the HQ.

SOTCW Journal #77 has arrived!

SOTCW (Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers) Journal issue 77 is now out.

Dropped through my door within the last hour –

In this new issue you will find –

Breaking the Stalin Line – Eastern Front divisional level game for Spearhead rules

The Missiles of Cyprus – a fictional modern Greek Vs Turk naval clash

Skofalots Challenge – WW1 Eastern Front

Operation peace in Galilee – first part of a mini campaign for TW&T rules

El Jermia – Algeria 1958

Passchendale – Third battle of Ypres 1917

The Supply Convoy – a real incident in Iraq set up for tabletop

Stonne 1940

Wetlet – Far East 1945

There`s also the following articles –

Modern armour/gun adaptations for RF2

A walk through of the military museums near St Petersburg

Unusual and odd military developments in the early C20th

An in depth review of IABSM V3

You also get all the usual review columns, letters and Rob`s Rearguard!

This issue is the first of the new sub period 13, I`d like to apologies for the delay between J76 and this issue caused mainly by a slow uptake of the re-sub. Hopefully now we`re off, the rest of the sub will run more smoothly.

I`d like to thank everyone who contributed to this issue.

Richard Baber (editor)

www.sotcw.co.uk

The truth

Bits`n bobs

Awaiting the last few vehicles off Ready to Roll to finish off my Italians. So whilst mooching about I finished off a few bits -

1990s Spanish BMR600 from S&S



D-1 you`ve already seen, but D-2 is new.
Again i built the external stowage rack - I saw a picture of a vehicle Bosnia with a bright blue cooler on its rack and just had to steal the idea:D 

Brand spanking new Swimwagon from Lewis at Minimi, lovely little one-piece casting.



I added the crew, the driver is SHQ, the two rear passengers came from the Matchbox Sdkfz11/Pak40 kit