Late night Motel Demons

01/05/202402/09/2019 by General POTUS

The last couple of weeks has kept me on the road & spending far too many night in 2-star motels. Getting thoroughly sick of nothing to do but watch Netflix on my mobile phone, I packed a model making travel pack & made a start on putting together my Abassyl Vanguard miniatures Made a start … Read more

Trophy work in progress – One Night Battletech Madness

01/05/202426/06/2019 by General POTUS

The Monday Knights will be hosting a Battletech completion a little later on in July – the “One Night of Battletech Madness” I thought that I would have a crack at making some trophies for the event & here is the work in progress of the trophy for “First Place” I started with a plastic … Read more

Magnetising Scourge Cruisers

20/07/201922/10/2016 by jbarton11

It’s been really slow around here. I’ve been sick, in a bit of a painting procrastination phase and just generally being way to quiet. However, things have finally started moving again. I’ve got a couple of painted miniatures to varnish and photograph, but before that I’m going to do a quick post on some assembly and magnetisation I’ve done for Dropfleet Commander.

E-7A Wedgetail – Radar Dome, Antennas & Winglets

20/07/201902/12/2014 by jbarton11

Today I finished the scratch building of the Wedgetail. The details that separate this from a normal 737 are the numerous antenna, bulges, radar domes and winglets that protrude from the fuselage. There are literally dozens of these, but at this scale they would be barely noticeable, continually break off and turn it into a little porcupine. None of which lend me towards adding them. However there are a few bits that need to be included:

E-7A Wedgetail – Body work

01/05/202418/11/2014 by jbarton11

A sick day meant no traveling out to game tonight, but that did let me get a bit of progress on the Wedgetail. First up I removed all the bits I didn’t want on there: wingtips, landing gear and print. After a half hour playing with the Dremel and some needle files I ended up with the following.

E-7A Wedgetail – The start

01/05/202426/10/2014 by jbarton11

Mentioned elsewhere in this blog was my the start of my latest Hind Commander strike group. I’ve found my E-8C JSTARS enormously useful in my USMC task force and so I’d like to include another AEW&C asset in this force. They are also not typically available as retail models so provide a nice little conversion opportunity. My next task force is going to be an ultra-modern Australian Defence Force (ADF) strike group based on the Recon doctrine. The current AEW&C used by the ADF (operated by the Royal Australian Airforce – RAAF) is the E-7A Wedgetail which is based on a 737-700.

Dropzone Commander Skimmers

20/07/201922/01/2014 by jbarton11

My chosen Dropzone Commander faction, The Scourge, use skimmers. According to the fluff these sit about 2-3 feet above the ground levitated by some advanced alien technology that no one really understands (Arthur C. Clarke: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”). As Dropzone Commander vehicles are not based I have, like most others, … Read more

Ke-Ho Ironclad Assembly

01/05/202416/11/2013 by jbarton11

Didn’t feel like painting this evening so I busted out the Ke-Ho and started doing some assembly. I had already done a fair bit of trimming and smoothing the parts and a close examination had revealed a couple of things: I had a few air bubbles, but these were very minor and only one part … Read more

Dust Winter Child

01/05/202410/07/2013 by jbarton11

I’m going to step away from the 3mm stuff for a little while and continue to make a mockery of my title. Like many a wargamer I play a number of systems (too many if I’m honest). So we’re going to use this as an excuse to take a bit of a diversion (apologies if … Read more

E-8 Build – Body work update

01/05/202426/04/2013 by jbarton11

The model’s been sitting on my desk for a couple of days and I just noticed a casting defect. The front engine mount is not like the others. I’ve highlighted one of the original pictures below. Not a difficult fix, a couple of minutes with some small side cutting pliers removes the offending metal and … Read more

E-8 Build – Body work

01/05/202425/04/2013 by jbarton11

As a first project we are creating an E-8 JSTARS plane in 3mm (1:600). The E-8 is a modern AWACS plane that’s currently used by the US military. There aren’t any miniatures of the E-8 available at the moment so we will have to get a little creative. Fortunately the E-8 is based on the … Read more

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