Tuesday, 14 March 2023

From BenitoV: A Motorbike and Some Green Devils (35 points)

In this very final lap of the Challenge I continued with the WW2 Germans. On the one hand, I have painted the last motorbike with sidecar for my Chain of Command motorized infantry unit.





 

As in the previous two weeks, this a resin 3D printed model from Eskice

 


 

This week I have recovered some leftovers from an old project in our club to recreate the airborne attack on Crete in 1940. I painted and officer and a couple of LMGs in the early war jumpsuit gear. 






Unfortunately, I did not notice until today that one of the weapons is a German MG model 42....impossible to have jumped on Crete. The mistake originated in the Warlord's plastic German paratroopers box, which combines both early and later war models. When I assembled the models, I distributed in two boxes the early and the late, but I may have mixed up this specific model. In any case, too late.

Another 35 points bagged today and getting very close now to my 700 points target in the Challenge. I expect to reach the mark during the Saturday and Sunday frenzy.




Those all look fantastic, Benito! I wouldn't worry over much about the MG42 - at tabletop viewing distance it probably won't be noticed.

Tamsin

18 comments:

  1. Splendid work on the Germans, Benito! I like the airborne troops too...I won't quibble on the wrong gun though. Just say he acquired it from a Dutch trader. That is our excuse for Rev war and civil war muskets being used for French and Indian war reenactments! ;)

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  2. Great work. No one else will notice the MG, at least no one that you want to play with.

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    1. You don't know how picky some of my club mates could be XD

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  3. Lovely painting again Benito

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  4. Great work to your usual Hugh standard - well done

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  5. Great looking minis, Benito. I especially like the motorcycle and sidecar. Well done.

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  6. Excellent motor bike and sidecar, your usual lovely clean finish, admirable full disclosure about the mg42 they look so good everyone must forgive you 😀!
    Best Iain

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    1. I work in a Compliance Department for some time...

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  7. Excellent work, Benito! Obviously, I spotted the wrong gun in a blink of the eye. What is the world coming to, I ask you. You might have missed some buttons too. But seriously, nobody is going to notice and your brushwork is brilliant as always!

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    1. Ah! Buttons! What boring would be the 7YW and the Napoleonic Wars gaming without a nice discussion about buttons!: gold or silver? two or three? Horizontal or vertical? XD

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