AK47 for a complete Duffer

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

'Renard', 'Loup' and 'Cheval'.... I like that combo, that's definitely food for thought 

Thx, Neil

Neil

[Sean Clark]

Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix?

Athos, Porthos and Aramis?

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Athos, Porthos and Aramis?

Very tempting, Sean, but I think Neil's fairy tale animals win and particularly apt for fast and speedy A/Cs
If I had another trio the musketeers would definitely be contenders

Neil

[Foxrknight]

I am doing mine in 6mm, post Civil War USA set in 2030-2050s. Lets me adjust stuff to more comfortable setting for me. Am a US citizen in the States. Cause Troop quality is the biggest factor and gear is generic. I built a UN Mission for United States using Brigade Models Hammer's Slammers Army Pack for it. Gives me everything I need to make a futuristic EU/UN Army. My biggest stumbling block is keeping the rest of the armies from being mirrors in gear.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

A big shout out for the Lancia lorry 8/148. It is a beautiful resin sculpt and will make a lovely addition to my motley collection of WWII and PostWar vehicles for my Tuareg Alfellaga...

Neil

[Smoking gun]

Neil,
I have a couple of those Lancia trucks, they were used by the Italian army until the early 1960's.

A good choice for africa.

Best wishes,
Martin Buck

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I gather the Lancia's were still in operation until the 1960s so it seemed a logical choice. I also have a couple of Latil M7s and an M8 armoured car on order. They were popular with the French Foreign Legion who policed the Saharan area. They can help spice up the Alfallegan forces.

Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I'm looking at the pack of smaller Recoilless rifles and wondering whether some could be adapted to small vehicle mounting as seen in photos of jeeps, landrovers etc. I'm familiar with the stick mountings for HMGs but this probably requires some macgvvering.
I'm reserving the larger RRs for Pickup and Lorry mounting...

Neil

[Colonel Kilgore]

I'm pretty sure I've seen folks do that, Neil, and feel certain you'll come up with something very nice!

Simon

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Thx for the vote of confidence, Simon.
I just tried separating the tripod feet of a small recoilless from the base and carefully bending the front leg down... It works!
I had thought to remove the two rear feet entirely but they straddle the gap between the front seats of the GAZ 469 and can be pinched into place and glued creating a pintle with room enough for passengers. It looks far more in scale than trying to retro-fit the supersize RR.

Had a great time adapting my Blue Moon Tuareg MG'ers... being from the '20s they come with a separate Hotchkiss MG but I've cut back the rear legs of the AK .50 cal. mounting and trimmed the base of the seated crewman so they practically touch. A little green stuff to create robe folds covering where the rear tripod feet are missing and they are good to go.

Neil

[Smiley Miley 66]

Neil when I made my 1/600th Texas I did the superstructure in Green stuff in one. As you say it's a lot smaller than the others and trying to do it in plastic card at that scale, just didn't work.
Miles

[Smoking gun]

Hi Neil,
I did these for the "Classic" version. they need repainting, WW2 Jeeps with the large recoilless rifles mounted in them. I can't remember exactly how I did it  but it involved cutting the base down and epoxy adhesive.




Best wishes,
Martin Buck

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

Thx, Martin. That's still really useful.
My 2 rebel Toyotas and a WWII vintage 6 wheel jeep now have the large RRs and a GAZ469 one of the smaller versions... My other vehicles now have a mixture of crew operated HMGs and unmanned versions on stick mounts
Always useful to see how others have mounted weapons on Technicals and passengers... I just spent an interesting afternoon 'kneecapping' and 'ankle biting' with clippers and scalpel to make the passengers fit various vehicles...
I'm now trying to figure out how to fit a ZPU1 on some sort of flatbed lorry...

Neil

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I have been brooding on this and on the FB forum...
Meet 'Asterix' and 'Obelix', my latest and last additions to my FFL forces.
I have a couple of assorted lorries from BPM on order to make up my 3 vehicle liability convoy

Anyone have any ideas of a notional ideal composition of a militia unit? I know this is a chicken and egg question but I'd welcome some ideas
I understand if I go for a cavalry option at an extra 2pts/base they have the mobility but cannot dig in...

Neil

[Smoking gun]

Hi Neil,
For Reloaded my militia units are 8 small arms bases, 4 RPG bases and 1 or 2 support weapons (HMG or mortar). If points are tight I will reduce the number of small arms bases first, the RPGs are quite useful.

Militia units need to be large.

Best wishes,
Martin Buck