The Story So Far...

Well, as I am gearing up to get some of my table cleared off, I thought I would give a show of the force that has only appeared as bits and pieces.
The first shot is of the army on the move. This is around 1500-odd points depending on whether I make it mid-war or late war. I think in mid-war I have to drop the Stugs as they are quite pricey.

I haven't painted much in the last couple of days as I get back into the swing of real work. I had some time set aside last night but was 'torpedoed' (Get it, Mike?) by a problem called in from work. Earlier in the week I had finished up prepping most of the Sherman company that should see some paint here shortly. The rest of the week was spent getting the daughter back into the swing of school and general assisting with homework.

With a three-day weekend coming up, I hope I can get the rest of the Shermans prepped so they can get primed. The secret project is coming along and, had it not been for getting interrupted last night, I probably would have had a pic in this post. Perhaps next time.
Also for next time is, finally, getting the pics up of the next batch of projects.
I'll end this entry with some closer shots of some of the cooler elements of my Aufklar army.

This first shot shows the armoured cars on the move backed up by Stugs, M/C mounted Auflkar, and Tiger, off in the distance.












Next are close ups of my Stugs and, what I like to call the 'Wehrmacht Rally Car Team', Sd Kfz 250/1's.

Back from Vacation

Howdy!
I'm back from my vacation. The photo from the previous post was taken by the missus our first night on the central Oregon coast.

Anyway, I got some good thinking in about where to go with current projects and adding projects...

I think my original thought about clearing off what's on my desk is sound. Part of the problem there is that some are only partially assembled or, in fact, purchased.
First off is numbered 1 thru 2a. With the exception of the Sherman company, they only amount to about 10 models or bases. Next will be the Normans. More about them in the next post plus photos.

Contemplation...

What I contemplate to...

What Next???

So. Now that I finished that little project, what do I do now?

Here you will see my paint table just before I finished the kubels. You should also see that I have made notes on those things that I have an interest in getting to next.

In all honesty, I would not mind tackling something besides FOW Germans or FOW at all. Though this is problematic as I would really like to get my Shermans done, especially the M4A1(76)'s as that would give me an entire Sherman company. And though they are not noted in the photo, it would be nice to get the Panthers done, too. The problem with both of these little projects is that both require assembling more models and getting them all to the same stage. I should probably finish up the Normans as they are so close. And they would, of course, need some mounted brethren to accompany them. (They are on the top right of the picture.)

There is also the problem of the projects that are not on the table at all, i.e. 1352 Stug Abteilung that I just got the 3.7 AA guns for (though I have not yet gotten in the order for the Opel Blitz trucks to make them portee...), or the Sd Kfz 251's to make the aufklarungs into regular panzergrenadiers, or let's not forget the armored panzerpioneer platoons that have already been assembled....I think we can see where this all going. Can't we Mike?

Oh, wait, there is that other secret project that is in the mail from sunny Canada as we speak.

Hmmmm.

I do have a break as I am on vacation for the next week and a half and will probably use that time for pondering the next move.

My inclination is to get some more stuff done that's already on the table so as to clear space. That is probably the prudent thing to do. Not that that has ever given me pause...

They're Done!!

Woo Hoo!!

Here are the last of current project:

I think the 'little fellas' came out quite nicely...

I'm going to try to get a pic of the whole army tomorrow in the daylight; the pics came out better this time around.

More Progress!

The lighting on the one was a bit dark but what can you do.

You should notice that I did a grey on the Famo. I did this as I haven't done any early war Germans and this was as good of an opportunity as I was going to get with everyone going gaga for late-war.

You will also notice on the edge of the photos my WIP kubels that are nearly done. Since this photo was taken I've gotten the highlights on the cars and I just need to get the passengers.

Once those are done, that will complete my original idea of getting a list together and finishing it.

Past that is a subject for another post.

Charles