These have been sat on the bench a while but I've finally got them done. Raventhorpe M8 with a AB miniatures crew figures and stowage by various manufacturers. Anice model but it shares its hull with their M5, hence the stowage to disguise the front of the hull.
Managed a game at the Grimsby Wargames Society club this weekend. Danny provided the Germans and I brought my Americans. Very enjoyable game, with the Yanks getting the win after breaking through on Dan's left flank.
Dan and myself are planning a Rapid Fire game at the Grimsby Wargames Society ciub in a couple of weeks time. We are looking to use one of the scenarios from Richard Marsh and Colin Rumfords excelent Normandy Battlegames scenario book. The one we are going for is Across The Elle- June13th/14th 1944. Looking at the orbat we realised niether of us had a Marder self propelled gun! Looking through my resin stash I realised I had 2 of the Raventhorpe/ Ready To Roll models. These are avilable from the Rapid fire website www.rapid-fire-uk.com/product/marder-iii-m-75mm-tank-destroyer/ Very good wargaming models with very little cleaning up required.
Quick paint job and just the crews to complete.
Started these whilst in lock down. All based for Rapid Fire. Figures are by Tony Barton and available from Eureka Miniatures.
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| HQ unit |
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| Heavy Weapons |
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| 3 Infantry companies |
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| Medic, flamethrower and sniper. |
A pair of Raventhorpe M8 armoured cars from their Ready to Roll range. Calling them done barr some static grass on the bases.
These will find their way into my US recce units for Rapid Fire.
Working on some WW2 US infantry and vehicles for a change. Infantry are 20mm AB miniatures, sculpted by Tony Barton and are available through Eureka miniatures UK. The tanks are Ready To Roll purchased from Colin Rumford and are available from the Rapid Fire website. The figures are based for Rapid Fire.
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| HQ |
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| CO |
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| 1st company |
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| 2nd company |
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| Part completed battalion |
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| M4 75mm and Dozer |
One more company and the heavy weapons and mortar teams left to do. They will all be based at the same time once completed.
