PanzerWomble

Old school Avalon Hill "bookcase" wargames , Panzer Leader dates from the 1970's , Squad Leader was one of the most lauded games from the early 1980's although became almost unplayable in later versions due to the complexity . Folding "geomorphic" map board, counters galore , rules for virtually everything . Never got D&D as a kid , it was all about war 😆 Personally play Panzer Leader occasionally as can't remember half of the game structure of SL . Also , I might have custom mapped out a lot of the Ardennes to be able recreate all of Kampfgruppe Peipers attack during the Battle of the Bulge complete with game TOE's ....🤫 just a lil obsessed . It's odd to later drive along roads and terrain you've mapped out ! A link to one of the better Panzer Leader websites here ...I used to chat to Greg Moore though fear he might not be with us anymore.

hehehe .....I've "lawn darted" a few aircraft in my time as well 🤣 Straight out through the patio doors of doom. The ICM HS 126 last year didn't even get as far as wing attachment ...grrrrrr

Thank you although I think thats a lil harsh for my money . Agreed Tamiaya detail is softer , they have less parts, and often the tracks date them ,but I reckon a lot can still build up well as the dimensions are good , even this old chonker of a Cheiftain . I built a recent tooling Tamiya Pz II and their PzIII , IMHO they were pretty good. I've also built the Meng, Hobbyboss and Tamiya Kingtiger .....like to guess which one this is ? 😂

This too

FANKS ! I...er ...feel the same about my LSP efforts ! At least with armour you can "weather" the mistakes away !

Something for everybody !

I recall a whole bunch of them went down in flames trying to relieve Sicily ? Mind you any large transport is going to be very vulnerable .

I'll go Bates Motel for that GB please, I'll just need a 1/35 Janet Leigh , I can scratch up a shower curtain and knife I'm sure.

Bit of a clear my shelf / too many nicer Chieftains to build . Very simple kit from 1975- even with the mods it's only a couple of fat evenings to build ( this might be the fifth one I've built now? ) Not entirely happy with the cammo net which looks too flat in the pix , may revisit it later. Build Log Laterz PW

Pinwashed with oils. Decided to use pastels for final finishing , very Tony Greenland circa 1995 ... As a bit of fun worked out ok , although given the better moulding around this is probably the last of one of Tamiya's I will bother with . Cammo netting looks ok in the flesh not so good in the photos so might have a another crack at it later . And technically aa 5 day build , although more like an afternoon and two fat evenings !

Righty ho, daughter come and gone , furniture moved 200 miles and back to the build . Roooober tracks sprayed in varying shades of dark & light brown and hull red . Then track pads done with Vellejo German Grey ## Some brush details of tyres 'n other parts and a mish mash of decals. Next up Oil Pin wash

Tamiya Bf109G 6 goodness , albeit 1/48 . Thinking Finland , winter 1943/4. I'm not much of a knowledge of 109's so maybe will need some helps / references. Tomcat for the GB is not forgotten , but reckon need a bit of a holiday period of 2-3 days to really get my teeth into it and enjoy .

I've just one left , a started Revell kitbash of the 1/32 Tempest and Typhoon for a long gone GB . Trying to make the dog old Typhoon better using the bits of the Tempest . Stopped work as I felt the end result would be less than the sum of the parts. Not sure whether it's worth resurrecting both and finishing as is .

My hopes for a quick build have been somewhat dashed by other things I need to do over the next few days . Will be back to this later in the week

Green Down !

Ok mods done , quick blast with primer and see where we are .

And here we are 5 hours (plus dinner) in , all basic construction is done . Now it needs all the mods , filling etc . Back in the day I had to measure it all out from photographs and drawings, now I can just borrow my MK10 for the dimensions I need . So , off for various bits 'n pieces and then back for primer . The limiting factor with this 1975 tooling is the engine deck as it is the right height for the early 650hp bus engine ...when they moved to the 750hp unit , the deck height increased , so portraying later marks is problematic. and yes the Takom is sooo in advance on this old nail . I've not seen the Meng Mk10 , can't really justify three Cheiftains in the stash !

This old kit is what I'd call a "dad" kit . Go to the hobby store , pick one up for under 20 bucks , some glue and a couple of paints and you're off. Every dad can make one of these, low parts count , they fall together and generally look ok when done . Has aged well compared to the equally old Panther Ausf A, which for my money is terrible in shape and accuracy , & doesn't even look like a Panther to me, specially compared to Tamiaya 1990's Ausf G . So Sprues - this is no Ryefield or Dragon and wubber twacks ..