The Road to Dunkirk (B.E.F 1940) (Finished!!!)

[Stuart]

Hi Gents,

I'm not sure how much time I'll have but I'm going to try something simple as I really like the idea of this GB.

Inspired by the great film Dunkirk, and my interest in early WWII History, I shall try a dio of the ill-fated BEF taking part in the Battle of France in 1940 and during the retreat to Dunkirk.

These are the kit's I'll be using.



Looking forward to it.

Cheers

Stuart

[JohnRatzenberger]

That's a great idea !

[Molly-new]

Cool, though I now have the urge to add some figures to my dio plans.

[Stuart]

Thanks!

Today I made use of one of my last lunch time modelling sessions before Christmas to crack on with the Vickers light tank...



And progress so far...



I suspect it won't take long to nail this together. It's a nice little kit actually - nicely moulded, no flash, reasonable fit. It should make a good practice armour build for my challenger.

And I do like building armour - it's so nice to start cracking straight on with the build without the annoyance of the interior.

I've also started the base - I'm working on a bank with some trees that I want to display the Vickers behind.

Cheers

Stuart

[DavidWomby]

Fast progress there, Stuart. I couldn't help nodding in agreement about the 'nice not to have to do an interior' thought.

David

[Stuart]

Fast progress there, Stuart. I couldn't help nodding in agreement about the 'nice not to have to do an interior' thought.

David

Thanks!

Yeah I can see me doing a lot more small scale armour builds - it's a really nice change of pace.

This'll be my first full armour build as well (I've only done a part finished Matilda before) so wish me luck.

[Stuart]

Quick pic of the initial ground work - the green stuff is an old tube of squadron green I had...



And with my 1/76 Matilda for scale...



I'm going to build up the ridge with a bit more filler and maybe a stone and another tree.

Once that is done I'm going to cover the whole thing in Acrylic paste for texture etc. And then flock/paint the base.

Cheers

Stuart

[iggie]

That's looking really good already Stuart!

[Stuart]

Thanks Iggie!

[DavidWomby]

Another one that looks like it will be finished really fast.

Looks good.

David

[splash]

I like it, that all fits nicely.

[Stuart]

Thanks guys!

[Molly-new]

Very clever, and has inspired me to do more for mine.

[Purplethistle]

Looking good Stuart, but how are you going to do John Mills and Robert Urquhart in 1/76

[Stuart]

Looking good Stuart, but how are you going to do John Mills and Robert Urquhart in 1/76

lol! Yeah well...