"WINGS" Build Part 2 W-I-P

Very quick update and poor photo.

Spent a little time over the weekend putting the MiG-27 together. Nice straight forward build - only problems I had was with the undercarriage flaps. Like most models the MiG is expected to be displayed with its landing gear down - not flying like I need it. Managed to stuff up the forward bay a lot - have not decided whether to leave it as is of simply fill it in with putty. Main undercarriage bays worked a little better - but still some gaps.

Anyway - here's my crappy photo - taken quickly with my ipad...



Next stop - putty!

Have fun...

Richard

The Guild "WINGS" Speed Build

A new speed build has been announced on The Guild and it is simply called "Wings". It comes to an end on
2nd January 2012 UK time.

I had some ideas of what to do - initially I was going to add some riot wings to my Humber Pig - which I thought was a pretty cool and unique idea - however I decided my limited scratch building skills were not up to it so I moved on.

I have at least 3 aircraft kits either built or built & undercoated which I could have used the build to finish off - but I think in the spirit of the speed build you are supposed to start from the beginning and finish off the entry - rather than start 1/2 way through. So none of them would do.

Have a look through the model pile I discovered a kind of forgotten about kit that perfectly fit the bill. Bought a while back from Hobbyco in Sydney for the princely sum of $12.95 how could I go wrong. And it fits perfectly with everything else I'm doing.

So here is my entry (thus far) - An Academy MiG-27 Flogger D:



And just to prove it is completely unstarted:



Everything is still in its bag - ready for making, hopefully this weekend.

If all goes well, I'll probably use all the same colours, technique etc to paint my built and undercoated Su-25 Frogfoot.

Warrior Update

More progress has been made on the 2 Revell Warriors.





They are now basically ready for decals, and then the final weathering dry-brush. I have to decide whether to had the odd bit of crushed (and dried) oregano to the cam nets - cos they don't look quite how I expected them to turn out.

Anyway - should be finished real soon and then I'll take some proper photos.

Have fun...

Richard

Cold War Hot Hot Hot Exclusive FoF Mission

As some of you may be aware I wrote a couple of the missions (scenarios) in the new Cold War Gone Hot book by Ambush Alley Games. A year or so early (when I had wriiten these scenarios) I also wrote another one that was to appear in the original version of the book.

Things changed (including a new version of Force on Force) and the third mission was dropped from the final, recently released, book. One of the reasons it was dropped was the sheer size of the mission. Once you have seen the mission, you'll know what I mean - but I also designed it to be playable - so I beleive it won't overwhelm the system.

Shawn (il supremo of AAG) has kindly given me the OK to put up on this blog the mission that didn't make it into the book.

So if you look over to your right you'll see a link to it under - "Useful Documents" - or you can link to it here

Would love to see someone give it a go.

Hope you enjoy my attempt to simulate attacking a VDV bridge-head.

Have fun...

Richard

Next Step

Another real quick one. Whenever I get some free painting time in between comission work, I try to move my little Warrior project along. Last night I had enough time to give the two Warriors a quick black wash with Citadel Babab Black.

Here is the result:



Should be able to take the next couple of steps this weekend - I hope...

have fun

Richard

Experiment of the Day

Just a quick post today - more to follow soon.

This is probably nothing new to most of you - but it was the first time I've had a real crack at masking with blu-tack. My victims were a couple of Revell Warriors I had previously sprayed black.

Here they are masked up:



I gave them a reasonably solid spray with FoW's War Paint - British Armour:



Fingers crossed I carefully removed (and threw out) the blu-tack mask and hey presto:



and...



Not 100% but good enough to start work on properly and the method saved a ridiculous amount of time compared to me having to hand paint the cam scheme (like I do on 3 more Warriors...).

So - I'll definitely be doing that again!

Have fun...

Richard

Cold War Gone Hot

Not exactly what I thought I'd be writing about this week - however it's come to my attention that some Amazon customers who pre-ordered "Cold War Gone Hot", a supplement for their Force-on-Force game system - have already recieved their copies of the book - which isn't due out until 22 November.



Lucky, lucky buggers is all I can say. Looking forward to getting a copy of this myself.

The last copy of this I have seen was a proof before it was sent off to Osprey. Reason I got to see the proof was because I wrote two of the scenarios in the book, and helped out a little in other areas as well.

So when you get it, have a look for a Spetsnaz mission where they try and take out a Harrier jump jet hide, and an SAS mission where they try and take out a Soviet HQ. Very interested to hear what people think of the scenarios and especially to see any After Action Reports.

I had another scenario that didn't make the book (too big) which I'd still like to try out.

There should be a broad range of other scenarios in there as well - not just special forces raiding type missions and assuming it hasn't changed much from the last time I saw it AAG have tackled the subject in a very interesting way. It is also packed full of useful info - especialy the stuff on unit TO&Es - that will be good for any Cold War gaming.

So go out and buy it now - and let me know what you think

Have fun...

Richard