First model for many years. Italeri JS 2. NOW FINISHED

Nice piece of work, Owen.

 

Looks good. I'd add a darker washes here and there to give a bit more depth to details, but what you see in photos is not what you see in the actual model, so I'm not making a fuss.

 

Tank looks great Owen, well done.
However......yes here it comes......I recommend you buy some chemicals.

There is FAR TOO MUCH moss on your lawn, but it is NOT totally wasted.
Turfshop sell a product called "Moss Killer".

LOL

(Guys - it's an old joke that Owen will understand and maybe he'll share with you all?)

 

Lovely.!!!

nice job mate. Did you enjoy that. Have you made a mental note of what you need to different on the next one? I think its sometimes usefull to have the last one about as you do the next one.

Kev

 

"Well, it's not completely ruined, there's something you can get called model-stripper."
Rory never went again.
"I love the smell of motivation in the morning!"

 

"there's something you can get called model-stripper."


Yes. About ten years:wink:

 

Wasn't Bruce Quarrie, was it Owen?

 

Thanks - I was hoping it wasn't, as I have always had a lot of respect for Bruce Quarrie, who sadly passed away a couple of years ago.

 

I can look that up, I do have my MMs stored. I had no Idea Bruce Quarrie had died. When I was into Napoleonic wargaming our group used to play by his rules, but to be frank we moved to a different set as soon as we found something workable. His were too complicated and contradictory, with details we simply couldn't understand, like Austrian Dragoons marching slower than French foot, or elite hussars moving one cm more than regular, and elite guard moving yet another cm! And I still remember the debates in Battle and Mil Mod on his National Carachteristics.

Nevertheless, he did write a couple of primers on Napoleonic wargaming that were very good for their time. If I were to restarts on nappies I'd give it a second read.

 

Yes, I remeber the Vasko Barbic articles. I'll look that up in the evening.

 

Owen, you saved me some 15 minutes work, thanks

If you need anything scanned just say so, I have MM from no. 1 in 1971 through to 1990.

 

I had no Idea Bruce Quarrie had died. When I was into Napoleonic wargaming our group used to play by his rules, but to be frank we moved to a different set as soon as we found something workable. His were too complicated and contradictory, with details we simply couldn't understand, like Austrian Dragoons marching slower than French foot, or elite hussars moving one cm more than regular, and elite guard moving yet another cm! And I still remember the debates in Battle and Mil Mod on his National Carachteristics.

Nevertheless, he did write a couple of primers on Napoleonic wargaming that were very good for their time. If I were to restarts on nappies I'd give it a second read.

I had all those books years ago, and spent the last couple of years buying them back again. They still make great reading after all these years, but I take your point. Bruce also had a hatred of flamethrowers and refused to write rules for them in his WW2 publications!

 

Now that you mention it I remember that detail. In front of my eyes I have PSL's Tank Battles in Miniature, vol.1 the Western Desert and Vol.2 the Russian Campaign, respectively by dear old Don Featherstone and BQ.

Bouth signed as bought in Sept. 75, costing a fortune as compared to my allowance back then, I must have saved for moths to be able to buy them!

Both still in pretty good shape, vol.2 is full of pencilled notes. I remember my games back then with a dozen 1:300 tanks aside (couldn't afford more!) on a large table. Somehow my Stuarts always managed to get sent on wiiiiide flanking moves and never arrived on time to the actual battle scene