How to be an Armoured Farmer, building Hobart’s Funnies in Glorious 15mm (and maybe 28mm if they arrive in time!)
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About the Project
Right then, having avoided any sort of Spring cleaning challenge in the past, I have decided to use this year's one to get something done that I have been gathering bits for over the past few years and finally finish and assemble all of my Hobart's Funnies. To get technical these are Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) tanks, using the Churchill chassis as a base. I will also throw in some Sherman Crabs (Flail tanks). I have gathered a few books for reference so that I can paint and mark them up for one of the Armoured Assault Squadrons Royal Engineer (either 77, or 79) that landed ashore at Sword Beach and were the very first to see action on that beach; Plus the Sherman Crabs of A Squadron 22nd Dragoons. Whilst I want to be able to use the finished tanks in games depicting the D Day Landings (in Flames of War and Chain of Command at 15mm) I also want then to be versatile enough to be able to be used in later engagements that the 79th Armoured Division took part in (which is pretty much everything!). I hope you will find this of interest if you ever want to branch out into what the modern day Royal Engineers affectionately call being an armoured farmer.
Related Game: Flames of War: The World War II Miniatures Game
Related Company: Battlefront Miniatures
Related Genre: Historical
Related Contest: Spring Clean Hobby Challenge (Old)
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First up the Trenchworx Fascine AVRE
Lots of pretty pictures of each of the three models I got through Warlord games. The resin is really sharp, as is the metal. I’m not very experienced with using 3D printed parts so this will be a voyage into the unknown but they look crisp and with very few ridges. From a first look at everything it looks well worth the pennies. The instructions seem pretty clear and simple and having already built eleven AVREs at 15mm I think I know my way around them by now.
Anyway here’s the unboxing photos, enjoy 🙂
And now for something completely different...
Boom!! incoming flying dustbin.Well the same but now in glorious 28mm!Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the Wee Donkey! They’ve arrived ???
Just opened the box, they’re soooo lovely. Shiny syndrome FTW ?
