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[nightbringer24]

So earlier today I got my 28mm scale WW1 British Army QF13-Pounder from Great War Miniatures, via North Star Figures.

First time I built an artillery piece cast out of metal. Lots of the little bits of flash I remember the old metal GW models having, so I had to remove them. The worst bit though: no instructions. Not even online. I had to go around Google Images looking up pictures of the actual QF 13-pounder to find out how everything went.

The fretting was worse than the actual construction though. Everything went together pretty damn easily. Had to wiggle the gunshield around the barrel though, but nothing too tedious. I have somehow lost the handle bar that goes onto the rear beam, though I can fashion an ad hoc one out of a length of paper clip.

Sandbags are simply from Renedra and the wall is going to get progressively higher once I get the crew in.

Story behind the model is that it’s for my 1938: A Very British Civil War army which will be a force of Welsh Nationalists using some pilfered/liberated army equipment in order to fight off the Loyalists from the south and the communist People’s Assault Column from Liverpool. So the Welsh Nationalists will be mainly focused on defensive fighting in Wales rather than being aggressors.

[nightbringer24]

I forgot to post a picture of them last week, but (barring the BA-6 armoured car in the middle) these are the four diecast metal cars I bought at the local car boot sale last Sunday.

Throughout the week, I was slightly panicking because I was really unsure whether their size would be right for 28mm gaming, even though I’d had a 28mm model next to one of them for scale, but now I see that my worries were pretty unfounded. Now I just have to superglue the wheels properly so they don’t roll around and maybe repaint the vehicles a bit. I know I can use the two green vehicles as transports for the different forces in 1938: A Very British Civil War.

Not sure what company the cars are from, but the BA-6 is from Warlord Games, as is the British Expeditionary Force soldier next to it, while the four bare metal models are British Militia from Footsore Miniatures.

[nightbringer24]

Had a little extra time before I needed to leave for work, so I decided to do a bit of a repaint on my Warlord Games’ BA-6 Armoured Car for the Communist/People’s Assault Column forces in 1938: A Very British Civil War.

Not a huge thing really, I just painted some bits in fully as red while also putting a big red star on the top rear of the turret so it works as an aerial recognition flash.

[swedebeast]

This is hilarious. Some wargame minimakers actually made a Swedish version of A Very British Civil War - based upon “What If” a Swedish civil war would have sparked after the Ådalen Shootings of 1931. I think this is an interesting thought exercise, as some people DID speculate at the time that a civil war would happen around this time. Also, I grew up around that neck of the woods too, so, something something I am invested in this something.

Oh, have a link - actually accurate Swedish Army miniatures!