Caesar 1/72 Scale Partisans / French Resistance

Caesar 20mm WW2 Partisans / Resistance Fighters / Maquis.

Painted by Eli Mayor who games with our wargame group in Tenerife.
He's used a mixture of figures from the two Caesar sets currently on the market.

Forces of Valor 1/72 Conversions by Doug Iovinelli

More pictures from a friend of mine, Doug Iovinelli, a huge smallscale enthusiast from San Diego in California.

These are The Forces of Valor 1/72 figures,with several conversions, cut up torsos and arm swaps, to make a platoon of D-DAY Rangers.

Trumpeter Famo Halftrack

And a snap of the vehicle next to an Airfix Luftwaffe mechanic so you get an idea of the size.

Nebelwerfer Scratch-Build – Juan Reyes

Scratch-built Nebelwerfer

Our gaming group had a list of things we needed to build for some of the forthcoming games we had planned in the Disposable Heroes Arnhem campaign, one of those being a Nebelwerfer.

The old Esci kit still hasn't yet been re-released by Italeri and the expensive prices on Ebay for the old Esci kit made it a no-no, and resin or lead alternatives aren't really our thing, but Juan said he'd take care of it.





The rocket-tubes on the Nebelwerfer are made out of sprue, and the split-trail carriage, and wheel assembly are from the HaT Industrie German Pak-36 37mm Anti-Tank Gun.

The Steyr 1500A in the background is also another of Carlos de la Concha's Altaya-Repaints.

Circus Maximus in 1/72 Scale

Iván Cáceres, another of my regular wargame opponents (he thrashed me in a game on Saturday just gone by the way, damn him), is also an avid 1/72 scale fan.

He's been working on updating the old board-game "Circus Máximus" into a version using miniatures.

The miniatures were painted by Iván and also by Carlos de la Concha.

The new "board" needs a centre-structure and some statues, spectators etc., so more photos to follow sometime in the near future when the table's finished.

Graebner’s Humber

Graebner’s Humber

This is a Matchbox 1/76 Scale Humber II Armoured Car built and painted by Carlos de la Concha for an Arnhem wargame campaign.

Convention Demonstration Game - Brazo de Nelson Wargamers

 

General view of the battlefield

 

These three brave men decided the game in favor of the Russians. After risking it and going out into the open in search of the serious threat of the Tiger.

 
 

The pride of the German attack explodes in a great blaze, thanks to the Russian 76mm with an accurate hit and a lot of luck !!

 
 

The tanks fight almost skirmishing - oddly enough this was the only T-34 that survived

 
 

The PAK-40 being dragged through the city in search of a new target

 

Starting a game with five T-34s and ending with just one hurts a little....

 

Pegasus 1/72 scale WWII Russian Naval Infantry

A picture of some the the superb new Pegasus 20mm scale WW2 Soviet sailors.

These were painted by a friend and fellow gamer, Carlos de la Concha, and were used in one of our wargaming club's recent Stalingrad type wargames.

Disposable Heroes - Winter Wargame Photos - Brazo de Nelson Wargamers

Work in Progress - Matchbox M16 Half-Track

A couple of 1/76 scale M16 Half-tracks (w/50cal quad) under construction. This is the Matchbox-Revell re-release.

The tracks are far too fragile though. I'll have to try and find an alternative as these broke as soon as I tried to get them over the rear roller assembly.

Apart from the problem with the dodgy tracks, the kit looks as sharp in detail and as easy to put together as it ever was.

Altaya Die-Cast Repaints

Some more of the new Altaya die-cast tanks recently out on the market here in newsagents in Spain.





Ideal for wargamers. Not really worth building models when these are on sale for just 10.95 Euros apiece.

Some photos below of of Altaya die-casts repainted by fellow wargamer Carlos de la Concha. The figures inside that repainted "Rommel Chariot" are two old Matchbox figures.

Italeri DAK

Some pictures of figures from the new Italeri set, painted by Carlos de la Concha.

Very nice new additions to our club's WWII Afrika Korp wargame forces