Battlegroup: Panzer III ausf. G.

Miniatures painted between August 2017 and end 2018 part 2.
This is some sort of a painting Panzer III part 2. It is the sequel to the painted Panzer III ausf. F post.
This time it is the Panzer III ausf. G. Also 15mm plastic from Plastic Soldier Company. The minis are built from the same box as the Panzer III ausf. F. The built of these kits can be found here. They almost look the same as the Panzer III ausf. F.
The minis are for my DAK battlegroup and can be used with the Battlegroup Tobruk and Battlegroup Torch books.
Just as the PANZER III ausf. F I painted these between November 2017 and January 2018 and thus are painted in the same way as the others. They still look okay on the table.

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Battlegroup: Panzer III ausf. F.

The first post of miniatures I painted between August 2017 and end 2018.
I begin with the Panzer III ausf. F. They are 15mm plastic from Plastic Soldier Company. The built of these kits can be found here.
The miniatures are for my DAK battlegroup and can be used with the Battlegroup Tobruk book.
After some searching I found out that I painted these between November 2017 and January 2018. I painted them very fast and quality could be better. At that time I wasn't in the mood to go full detail. But I think they still look okay on the table.

Next Panzer III ausf. G.

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I painted something!

Back after 9 months. This is even my first post of 2016.
There are so many things happening in my life that there is/was no time for painting.
Now I finally found some time to paint the plastic Pershing platoon from Battlefront. This platoon can be used in combination with the Battlegroup Fall of the Reich book.

Also my collection of Battlegroup books has expanded with one more book: Battlegroup Wacht Am Rhein. This is not a hardcover book but a smaller softcover book.
In combination with the Battlegroup Overlord book this book can be used to create an army to use to play games during the battle of the Bulge.
Only 2 Battlegroup books missing in my collection are Battlegroup Kursk (a hard to get book but found a copy that hopefully soon will be in my possession) and Battlegroup Barbarossa (hope to by this book later this year).

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Painting the JU 87D Stuka (MW) part 4.

The final part. After I have tried to save more of the painting, I painted the details and gave the whole model a layer of gloss varnish to give it a hard sturdy protective layer. Next I applied the decals. The decals may not be the correct ones for a JU 87D Stuka but these are the ones I got with my model. After applying and drying a thin layer of diluted gloss varnish was painted over the decals. Last thing to do was to give the Stuka a layer of matt varnish (I use a spray can for that).
The end result is not good. If you look from a distance it looks pretty OK. The stuka does look as it has been fighting in the desert for a longer time and not for just 2 or 3 days. But if you take a closer look you can see the mistakes and even much more the disaster that happened, as you can see on the pictures. For now it has to do. Maybe in the future, if I have the desire, I will repaint the model.

This is one of the worst painted models I ever painted!

The end.

Painting the JU 87D Stuka (MW) part 1.
Painting the JU 87D Stuka (MW) part 2.
Painting the JU 87D Stuka (MW) part 3.

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90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Kompanie part 8: Light Artillery Battery

Finally a post of a new painted platoon. The DAK Light Artillery Battery.It took me weeks to get this platoon painted but now it is finally done.
The Battery contains: four 10.5cm le FH18 Howitzers, one Staff-team, one Command SMG team and two Observer Rifle teams.
With this platoon painted my 1500 points DAK Kompanie is now completed. In a later stage I will add trucks to the force. How my force looks on paper can be seen here: 90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Kompanie part 1: The List. Later on I will post a slide-show containing all the painted platoons.
One different thing about this platoon compared to the others is the base-edge. Where the other platoons had the base-edge painted the same colour as the whole base, for this platoon I used a different colour compared to the base itself, Vallejo Desert Yellow (977). This means that I have to repaint all the base-edges of the other platoons.
Now on to some pictures.

DAK Light Artillery Battery

90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Kompanie part 7: 5cm PaK38 Platoon

The completed PaK38 platoon with 4 gun teams and a Command SMG team.
None of the teams are sealed yet because I still haven't bought a new spray-can of varnish.
I am not too happy how the bases turned out but they will do, maybe in the far future I will change them.
With this platoon finished I only have to paint 1 more platoon: The Artillery.
Hopefully I can go and pick up the box this weekend.

The 5cm PaK38 Platoon

90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Kompanie part 6: StuG III D Platoon

Here they are 2 DAK StuG D.
Not completely finished because they miss the decals. As soon as I have these they will applied just followed by a second layer of varnish to get a good protection.
Both driver minis are lighter then the the pictures show. I hoped to give both StuGs a dusty look, because of the driving through the fine desert sand. Not sure if I managed to catch that look.
Anyway here are the pictures.



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90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Kompanie part 5: Schützen Pioneer Platoon

Finally after Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 there is Part 5. The Schützen Pioneer Platoon.
These were a nightmare to paint. I have never seen such badly cast models. Problem is probably that the mold has worn out and needs to be replaced. So if you need a Mid War Pioneer Platoon don't buy these (GE726 Pioneer Platoon).
The Flamethrower teams can also be used as normal pioneer teams when necessary. I don't want to buy a whole new blister for just 2 extra teams.

On to the Pictures.

Pioneer Platoon picture 1

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90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Kompanie part 4: Light Panzerspäh Patrol

After Part 1: The List, Part2: The HQ and Part 3: The Combat Platoons there is now part 4: The Light Panzerspäh Patrol. This is the first support platoon for the company.
The only thing missing are the Balkenkreuz and the Afrika Korps insignia. But because i suck in freehand painting and don't have decals for it yet these will be added later.
Maybe i also will change the color of the 2cm guns but i am not sure of that.

1 Command Sd Kfz 223 (Radio) armoured car and 2 Sd Kfz 222 (2cm) armoured cars.










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90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Kompany part 3: The Combat Platoons

When i was painting these 2 platoons i suddenly realized that i posted the wrong army list in 90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Company part 1: The List. I have changed that now.
Further before i even could start painting i had to remove a lot of mold lines. Also some mini's are a little deformed. I tried to remove and fixed as much as possible but some is still visible.

On to the platoons.
Each platoon contains 1 Commander MG team and 6 MG teams. Added are 1 Anti Tank rifle team and 1 Mortar team. For now i have decided to leave out the transports.


Afrika Schützen Platoon 1

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90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Kompany part 2: The HQ

The HQ are the first painted minis for my 90. Leichte Afrika Division Schützen Company. As you can see i decided not to give my HQ Panzerknackers. As told in part 1 i want to stay close to historical; when they just arrived and had there first battles.









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