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.
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All the best. Aly
Love 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.
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