Dougie's Falklands Project

[BH62]

Very, very beautifull work. It gives me strength to begin my british
BH62

[nikharwood]

Those really are lovely 

[Dougie]

For my 10mm CO stand I wanted the 50mmx50mm base to represent the 3PARA Bn Comd moving forward on Longdon. 6 figures , the 2 radio ops are from the Pendraken WW2 Brit Airborne range. They're wearing berets which I've left to add a bit of colour although historically 3PARA were in helmets on London. I was happy enough with the guy on the ammo box, I thought of converting it to a rock but decided against it. The other guy has a large radio next to him which looked very WW2 so I used a bit of green stuff and converted it into a bergan. The look I was after was a Radio op on a temporary halt with the top flap of the bergan open and the radio exposed, hopefully its worked.
Dougie

[kev1964]

Excellent Dougie, really like the tanks,

kev

[Steve J]

Great work Dougie once again .

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb!  Great wo on the bergan mate. Not sure it would have remained that green for long, it would be stained by sheep droppings!

[Techno]

Great work Dougie !
Cheers - Phil

[Dougie]

Well folks, I'm ploughing through my Brits in DPM, I've managed to get the technique down and I'm managing to complete 8 figures in just over an hour, which I'm happy with. When they're all done I'll varnish them before mounting them on the bases.
I've also been looking for a Harrier GR3 for air support, can't find one in 1/144th scale, a Sea Harrier is available by Minicraft and I've toyed with the idea of converting it, just really redoing the nose section. However I've found this diecast by Corgi, now its a little big, roughly 1/120th scale but I can probably live with that, there's a photo below, nicely painted but not sure if I can live with the obvious seam/join line so she might be getting filled and repainted.
There's no weapons either, so a Revell 1/144th Tornado might be getting raided!
Dougie

[Dougie]

Just had my shifts confirmed at work so fingers crossed, if there's still space, I'll be putting a 10mm Falklands display game on at Smoggycon 
Dougie

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

All looking good sir.

[chalkie]

Bergen is great, reminds me of my Bergen when I was in, massive .

[Leon]

...I'll be putting a 10mm Falklands display game on at Smoggycon 
Dougie

[Techno]

I'll be putting a 10mm Falklands display game on at Smoggycon 
Dougie

Photo's (pretty) please Dougie !!
Cheers - Phil.

[Dougie]

DPM Done! Got all my Brits painted. They'll be getting varnished over the next couple of days then based 

A couple of close ups. Dougie

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oh those are brilliant!   
Well done sir. Truely awesome.