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Yes Chris, they serve me well

That's looking good Ratch - it's a great looking aircraft in that all black scheme!

I like the night-fighter scheme too Stuart
Decals now applied


Including all the little stencils

Ground cover

using a large variety of railway scenic scatters

some scenic materials I've had for over 30 years

Natural detritus, collected from woodland and country lanes

even dried moss from Skye

a small action scene

Wow, that is a busy setting! I like these pieces a lot.

I brush-painted the canopy sections

That Defiant is looking rather nice Ratch.

Thanks, all done now and posted here

I found this wargaming set while in Sandown, IOW. It's by Perry Miniatures, called Travel Battle, and the figures are 8mm tall

I started painting them (quite coarsely) and for comparison, the figure sitting on the woods is 1/72

Didn't find time for modelling last week, but did get back in the saddle today

Can't wait to get these done and have a game

A bit slower with the mounted officers

Finished off the Waterloo1815 Mounted Officers

Very nice indeed - is that the Duke of Brunswick on the Duke's left? Always my favorite Napoleonic uniform.

Yes it is Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick. Thanks

Excellent work, Ratch, the Airfix Waterloo farmhouse turned out very nicely as indeed have your figures. Those 8mm figures are something else - did you have to get a magnifier out?

ShaunW wrote:Excellent work, Ratch, the Airfix Waterloo farmhouse turned out very nicely as indeed have your figures. Those 8mm figures are something else - did you have to get a magnifier out?

There are smaller scales than that - I think 2mm (1/600) is as small as it goes, but the joke in wargames circles is it's only a matter of time before the 1mm figure makes an appearance. Regardless of that, there's some very skilled 20mm painting going on there. Respect is due, Ratch, keeping the traditional scales alive.