I recently took charge of a portion of the Eric Knowles WW2 collection. I now own the 1940 British and early war Germans, or some of them at least. As always, there is some rebasing and organising to be done. Unfortunately, I did not get all of the British artillery and thought it would be nice to have some heavy guns, although I am not too sure how I would fit them onto my 8 x 4 table!
So, with reinforcements in mind, I purchased a couple of Resin 7.2" howitzers and a Strelets 6" gun, to provide the crew, which are dressed largely in 1940s, early war uniforms. A couple of Oxford Diecast gun tractors were also purchased.
I had a lot of fun putting this lot together and here is the result:
I have some Vickers light tanks and Matildas to paint, along with a load of German horse drawn transport. I should soon be ready for a game or two.
Those are lovely. Who does the 7.2" guns? My British heavy artillery is confined to 5.5" guns and a Lend Lease US 155mm!
ReplyDeleteThanks Martin. The guns are available on eBay from a seller called scale fiend:
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Very nice indeed, they look super and should look great on the table.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie, I think they will prove to be devastating if they get to fire!
DeleteVery nice Bob…
ReplyDeleteThe make for a very impressive battery…
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly, looking forward to letting them loose on the table.
DeleteLove the 7.2" but it really deserves the front and rear ramps to handle the recoil and relaying - mine's a 20mm Hinchliffe kit that comes with them, not sure if anyone has the Hinchliffe 20mm equipment range these days so it's probably only an eBay option.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rob, and you are quite correct. I forgot about the ramps. I do have a Hinchliffe model, but I needed two for this project which is why I went for these models. I will see if I can manufacture some ramps using the Hinchliffe version as a guide.
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