Wednesday, 22 May 2013

British Army New Units- WIP

After painting nothing but Russian green for quite a while I thought I might revisit my 80s British. To add some flexibility to the armoured units I have decided to add some more HQs so I can split the  brigades in two. 


Challenger and Chieftain HQs 
Challenger and Chieftain HQs 
 The Challenger stand consists of a FV105 Sultan(BM17) and a Challenger 2 MBT(BM45). The Chieftain stand has a FV439 signals(BM19) and a Chieftain MBT(BM03).All models are by Heroics and Ros.
At the moment my non mechanised infantry are in "4 tonners". This makes them very vulnerable on the table, so they will get to ride about in some Saxon APCs(BM58).


Saxon APC

Saxon APC
The HQ stand for the new infantry battalion consists of  a 3/4 Ton Landrover Signals(BM20) and a Bedford MK Signals(BM21).


Infantry HQ

Infantry HQ
To add some weight to my Brit artillery three stands of  155mm  FH70s(BM28). These come with crew figures but all are stood at attention so I've mixed in some other crew figures.


FH70

FH70
To act as tows and keep them supplied with ammunition they have a  FODEN 6x6 FH70 GUN LIMBER(BM50) and  a FODEN 6x6 FH70 GUN TRACTOR(BM52).


BM50 and BM52

BM50 and BM52


Additional units consist of two FV 180 C.E.Vs(BM40) to give engineering support.


FV180

FV180

 1 TON LAND ROVER(BM34) and  STALWART(BM38) and a FV 434(BM41) with a 1/2 ton Landrover with a trailer.

Ambulance and Stalwart

Ambulance and Stalwart

Landrover and FV434

Landrover and FV434

The landrover with trailer might be used to carry a milan team and the FV434 will go with the FV432s in the mechanised battalion.
As usual the models from H&R were cleanly cast with virtually no flash, requiring minimal preparation prior to mounting.





2 comments:

  1. Super nice pics! The H&R minis also seems of really good quality!

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  2. The quality is excellent and the metal they use is not too soft, I've only had one broken barrel in about 5 years! Whilst not as detailed as GHQ they are significantly cheaper,and I'm more than happy with the level of detail on the majority of their models.The other advantage is they are 1/300th so mix with Scotia and Skytrex without too many problems.
    Cheers
    Steve

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