Wire ! Wire !, Everywhere and all the boards did shrink

Almost ready to deploy

More wire, three more sets of 6, thats 18, Yes those are match sticks.

The boards on my painting table are really starting to get loose. The fire pit is only feet away.

File photo

The finished product.

Barbed Wire 20mm 25mm 28mm (6) 1/72 1/48 40K

 Part of this weeks Terrain frenzy, these were finished last night but had to wait until the light of day

These wires were the first tip I learned from the internet  and the secret involves.... oh I'm not that easy.... your going to have to take me out to dinner and buy me things for me to put this secret back onto the internet. Actually theres no real secret to it at all as all of the usual suspects are there. Paint,  hot glue, glue, flock, sticks, wire, sand.

I really do like the way the wires look. The rolled effect of the wires themselves give a false look of actual barbs. Pretty cool if you ask me, but why ask me? I'm telling you..

From the front.  Those are 1/72 scale plastics on the left and a 25mm battle honor on the right

Roads Roads Roads!!!

Well so much for springtime in Arizona. The heat has arrived.Production on roads is continuing and the latest project, a 1/72 scale mock up of the Bin laden 'hidey hole', will go to the back burner ( no oven could have as many back burners as I would need). Here are some pictures in no particular order of the roads completed thus far

2.5 inch road with regular flocking

2.5 inch'ers baking in the hot Arizona sun

3.5 inch road with figures of three scales moving on it. 2 battle honors 25mm WWII Americans break right in search of trouble while 3 1/72 scale modern Americans with Bradley back up a Soviet 5 man WWII flamethrower team by Battlefront.

I have really started to like the die cast models like that Bradley in that picture just above that are on the market and would really be interested in trading retail value for retail value with anyone that has any for trade. I would also be interested in 20mm 1/72 scale, WWII or modern metal or plastic.

Roads, roads. Marching to the sound of war and Spring time in Arizona

Production is in full swing on a massive set of roads to be broken into smaller sets. I am working on two sets. a 2.5 inch set and a 3.5 inch set along with a few pieces  to join the two sets and allow them to be used together. Pictures soon. Seen here are some completed 2.5 inch roads. and some that are waiting to  be flocked. The the weather in Phoenix has been unbelievable. This is the first year in many years we seem to have had a spring.

a War Gamers flower Bouquet

 Those Russians are going to be getting 'the dip".

   I was out back today with the airbrush. My 'pin cushion' had the look to me of a flower bouquet. I ran out of nails and have resorted to gluing units to wooden matches. The center piece is a  Italian 90/53 90mm Anti-Aircraft gun,  By Italeri, kit no 6122. It went together very easy and looks very nice  The crew is not present here but some plastic Russians by plastic soldier are there, as are some Arab insurgents by Ceaser and a couple of  German motorcycles from Italeri, once again. I don't like using bases too much but the motorcycle needs it if it is to stand up at all.  

   I finished the gun and gave it its clear coat. I forgot to take pictures of it. so I will post them Wednesday. The gun turned out so nice in fact, that I think the crew will get painted Wednesday as well.