AK47 for a complete Duffer

[Smiley Miley 66]

Just to add a note on headscarf's. You can use green stuff to make up headscarves, it is a bit tricky.
When I get a chance I will post some pictures up in the next couple of days.
Miles

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I have tried 'tweaking' 15s with green stuff but had far more success in the larger scale. I would be most interested to see how you got on, Miles.

Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Have assembled and undercoated my Panhard today. I was expecting it to be bigger somehow. What an odd vehicle! Kinda like putting a tank turret on a FIAT panda!
In the best spirit of AK I re-tasked the other half of the Glencoe Models 1:100 aircraft set I got my Wright Flyer from... The Ryan 'Spirit of St. Louis' is now being used as a former 1930s mail plane now ageing spotter plane for the Rebels.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Those PP Panhards are lovely models though, and respond well to ink and drybrush.

Simon

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Don't get me wrong, its a beautiful model and I can see it will ink and drybrush beautifully. At least it is bigger than a BA 64!
My Senemalese security force welcomes the additional hardened fire support in case the locals get a bit frisky about the latest tax rises...

Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Winnebago a la Congo!
Seeing 'World's Most Dangerous Roads' I can't see them getting very far!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzC1VCYLPl8

Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Had a successful week off adding to my AK stash rooting through my Dad's old railway modelling scraps for scenic ideas and materials...
A scratchbuilt tank-compatible girder bridge as a suitable objective
A burnt out car (Ford Anglia)
2 corrugated tin shacks
The makings of 4 rectangular saharan style adobe buildings
A square adobe blockhouse for my planned customs post/checkpoint.
I also had a go at sculpting some K-rails out of styrofoam scraps.

I find visualising the terrain helps to set the scene and with the backstory/narrative of my Imagi-Nation 'the Republic of Senemal'.
Meanwhile the forces are growing with each passing order through the post...
Neil

[Sean Clark]

The Piggie Sudan buildings would also look nice.

I have a selection of European style colonial buildings to go alongside my usual shacks and shanties. A lot of them with flat roofs because Julian likes them.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Loving the images... particularly as I'm casting about for paint schemes and arrangements of potential technicals to pit against the FdS APCs
Most of my buildings will be flat rooved. I'm liking the idea of the MexRev and Sudan buildings...
I hadn't thought of the PP Dervishes as potential sources of mounted Tuareg!
There are plenty of options in the PP ranges... oh boy, looks like I'll be keeping Martin busy for a while longer!
Hmm, the Clive Cussler novel 'Sahara' has an abandoned FFL fort in it. My wife also keeps asking me whether I will model the abandoned ironclad!

Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Just as well I spotted some Tuareg separate heads in the Colonial range in time for my next order - you kept that quiet! Now I can headswap some militia with RPGs...

Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I know what you mean - a part buried ironclad would make a good vantage point/fop/hardpoint - much like the abandoned sub in Nausicaa/Valley of the Winds!
I already have a border post/check point, village, fuel depot and bridge on the books... on top of acacia trees, Tuareg tents/yurts...
And then of course there's the armed forces themselves... and the veehicles and support weapons.
Looks like I'll be set up till Christmas at this rate!

Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Julian,
I'd better finish painting them first before they all die miserably then! 

Neil

[Sean Clark]

Even more remarkable considering victory points have a dice roll element. I'm  very much enjoying AK47 and introduced  2 new players to the game last week. They had a blast.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

fun fact. Those MexRev players out there who have invested in some prickly pear cactus models can legitimately use them in AK. Opuntia apparently are an invasive weed in Kenya now having been imported into S Africa as a crop. The Locals are now having to come to terms with this new plant and its food and farming potential.

Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

An entirely new departure for me. The furthest into the C20 that I have ventured until now is 1922!

Neil