There are still some assorted Soviet items on the workbench just being finished off. These will be reinforcements for my main, temperate Central Front, Soviet force opposing my BAOR.
First up, the Elhiem AT-4/5 ATGM team.
Note, this has subsequently had the bushes added
to the base that I forgot to do before photographing it…
Elhiem DShK HMG team
First Soviet vehicle, a BRDM-2 from S-Models. This
is the first kit of theirs I’ve built and I must say I’m impressed. Lovely,
crisp detail, quick construction, clear instructions, no flash or sink holes/
visible ejector pin marks and even PE parts! Also included is a comprehensive
decal sheet allowing for various Warsaw Pact member states to be represented. And
what’s more, you get 2 in a box! Two vehicles, with decals and PE parts and of
the quality rendered really can’t be beat for about 12 quid. My one minor
criticism would be that rather than the inclusion of PE parts (the bulk of
which I’ve left off as too delicate for gaming purposes), I’d rather see S-Model
reconsider the positioning of some of the moulding gates on some of the finer
pieces (MG barrels and the shafts of the pioneer tools in particular) as these
are almost impossible to remove or clean up without mangling. However, as
noted, this is a minor and not insurmountable gripe.
At present, it’s still at the green stage of
painting, and looks a bit scrappy. But hopefully that should change with
successive highlights…
With yet more Soviet infantry on the horizon from
Elhiem, I’m going to have to come up with an idea for shoehorning some more in,
to justify buying all the poses… At the moment Naval Infantry are top of the list;
at first they were going to be based the same as these guys for Central Front
fun (or even Home Front shenanigans; the recent Elhiem RUC releases would do
just dandy for mainland UK police…), but thinking about it logically, they may
be better based to match my nascent Norwegian force (all three of ‘em!) to
support planned Soviet operations on NATO’s northern flank….but that’s for
another day.
Cheers
Iain
