Thursday 4 February 2021

Assorted bits and bobs

 It's been a while since posting, but I have been painting and doing some bits and bobs. Just a few pics of an assortment of other things I've produced over the past year or so:







Mil Mi-24 'Hind'

 A new project! One that will be a slow burner and one that I will add to, piecemeal, over time. 

10/12mm 1983 Cold War, to play Battlegroup 'NorthAG' or 'Seven Days to the River Rhine'. 

Here is a 'Hind' helicopter:




Japanese engineers & mounted officer

 A Japanese Mounted Officer; make unknown as was purchased from an Ebay seller. Lovely figure, however and a joy to paint.





I have also painted some Japanese Engineers with a 3D printed engineering vehicle, the Soko Sagyo Ki, or SS-Ki. The figures are a mixture from Grubby and Lancashire Games.


 

Khalkin Gol Diorama

 Before Christmas, I entered the #kitoff competition for the 'We Have Ways of Making You Talk' podcast. There were some great models entered and I didn't win (it was more the 1/35 crowd proper modellers it was aimed at I think) but I did produce this little diorama of Khalkin Gol.



Some other photos of the piece:













Japanese Medics

 A quick post here - some more Japanese figures. These are some Kelly's Heroes medics and a Ready to Roll Truck. Can be used in the 'Medic' rule in Rapid Fire or as some 'fluff' in the rear areas of the game.




Wednesday 27 January 2021

Khalkin Gol/Nomonhan - Japanese Forces

 The Japanese forces were as expected, largely infantry based with their standard knee mortars in their 4 rifle company battalions. They also had a large number of tanks but these were largely Ha-Go or I-Go tanks and struggled against the Soviet Armoured Cars, which mounted an effective 45mm gun.

Most of the figures are Early War Miniatures, with a variety of manufacturers for the vehicles including IBG, 172scale.com, BPM. The mules are Raventhorpe with additional 'bits' to tell them apart from each other.

64th Infantry Regiment HQ:

RHQ

Gun battery - 75mm Mountain Gun

Anti-tank battery - 37mm A/T Gun




Infantry Battalions

1st Battalion and 2nd Battalions, 64th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment.

HQ with A/T rifle

4 x Companies including knee mortars

Heavy Weapons Company - 2 x MMG and 70mm gun




2nd Field Artillery Battalion

 2 x 75mm Field Gun Batteries

1 x 120mm Howitzer Battery


Yasuoka Detachment

HQ, AA Platoon (20mm), 3 sniper teams


3rd Tank Regiment

1st Company - Type 97 Chi-Ha, 2 x Type 89 Otsu

2nd Company - 3 x Type 89 Otsu

3rd Company - Typy 97 Te-Ke, 2 x Type 94 TK



4th Tank Regiment

1st Company - 3 x Type 95 Ha-Go

2nd Company - 3 x Type 95 Ha-Go

3rd Company - Type 95 Ha-Go, 2 x Type 89 Otsu



Air Support

1 x Ki-27 'Nate' fighter
1 x Ki-15 'Babs' bomber


A bit of fluff:

A couple of stands to show Banzai charges:


Finally, a team photo:




Khalkin Gol/Nomonhan - Soviet forces

 I've been collecting Soviet forces for some time, as you will see from my Rostov project. I've used many of those figures for my Khalkin Gol Russian contingent, but with other figures added as well.


The main unit represented in the scenario is the 149th Motor Rifle Regiment:

149th Motor Rifle Regiment

Regiment HQ:


Three Battalions of infantry: HQ with Anti-Tank Rifle, 3 Rifle companies, a Heavy Weapons company with a Maxim MMG and a 81mm mortar, and an M1927 76mm Infantry Gun:





Artillery Company:76.2mm M1902/30 Field Gun, and Anti-Tank Company with a short-barrelled 45mm:


Heavy Weapon Platoon with a 12.5mm DShK HMG and a sniper team:


1st Battalion, 175th Artillery Regiment

2 x 122mm M1910/30 Howitzers plus OPs:


9th Mechanised Brigade

HQ (car); GAZ AA truck; Recon Platoon of a BA20 Armoured Car:

241st Armoured Car Battalion

HQ - BA20

3 Armoured Car Companies, each of 2 x BA6 or BA10:



240th Recon Battalion

HQ - BA20

Light A/C Coy - 2 x BA20

Medium A/C Coy - 2 x BA6

Motorcycle Coy - 3 x motorcycle combos



2nd Battalion, 11th Tan Brigade

3 x BT-5



Air Support

1 x R-5 light bomber (shown by a Po-2 at present)
1 x I-153 Chaika fighter


Finally, a team photo!