Photos WW3 1985 - Team Yankee

[BeNder]

Ah, cool, thank you Kiwi, looks like fun but maybe a bit pricy. Having said that I do play WOT and have sunk some cash in it. This would be fun it seems but you need a game store to play in I assume. I do still like my board games but not many people fancy that and I only had a half dozen friends that knew the games when I played in earnest.

 

[TheKiwi]

You can get the starter set for US$50 or so. Which comes with three M1 Abrams, a pair of M60 Patton's and a pair of M2 Bradley's. And for the evil side you get 4 T-80's, 3 T-64's and 2 BMP-3 scouts, plus a rulebook, dice etc.

Which is a pretty cheap way of testing it and seeing if you like it with your friends. A standard table size of 6' x 4' is fine for most games (unless you start having dozens of units in which case it'll turn into a parking lot).

 

[TheKiwi]

Doing something related but a little different.

This Airfix 1/72nd scale Chieftain has been in my possession for over 10 years now so I decided to assemble it. It is very much a product of the time it was made (1970's). The parts fit is terrible and the tracks are the nasty vinyl type. It didn't come with crew so I've borrowed some from an Italeri "Modern NATO troops" set from the 1980's. Just needs some more putty filling in all the gaps and then I can start painting it.

 

[Milan Mynar]

I like this tank for it´s forms. This model is for real modellers.

 

[TheKiwi]

A little size comparison with a T-80, Panzer V Panther, Panzer IV and a M1A1 Abrams all lined up.

 

[TheKiwi]

I've started collecting some terrain for the game. MDF which needs to be painted etc. but it's a start.

 

[TheKiwi]

The British get reinforcements.

These are work in progress and nowhere near finished.

Adding enough Chieftain's to make a full squadron. And a pair of M-109 batteries.

Currently (including these) my British Army forces have a full squadron of Chieftain's, a troop of Challengers, 2 batteries of M-109s, 1 battery of Abbots, 1 battery of MLRS, a Lynx airmobile company, a Fox recce troop, and Tracked Rapier section for AA.

Still missing are some FV432's to provide ground transport. And perhaps a Swingfire troop.

 

[EJ.]

Very nice. Did you use a production line approach to building the armor?

 

[TheKiwi]

Pretty much. I'll paint a dozen or so infantry at a time, or 2-3 vehicles depending on size and complexity.

Those ones above are only about half done.

 

[TheKiwi]

Lockdown - yay! At least it's given me time to paint some scenery for the game.

 

[Bombardier]

A battery of British Army FV433 Abbot Self Propelled Artillery from 3RHA fire in support of Operation Moleskin. 14 August 1985.

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One of the Regiments I was in (27 field Regeiment RA ) used these guns. We were stationed in Dortmund, we took the guns over from 19 Field Regiment RA when we moved from Yorkshire to BAOR

 

[TheKiwi]

I thought they might appeal to you. If I do some more of them I'll mark them up as 27 Field Regiment RA.

 

[TheKiwi]

Completed (more or less) buildings for Team Yankee with two platoons of WW2 US Paratroopers for scale. @muck notice the name of one of the businesses? ;-)

And a company of Flames of War Normandy campaign Panzer Grenadiers

 

[muck]

Ha! I'm flattered. Nice work, by the way.

 

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Completed (more or less) buildings for Team Yankee with two platoons of WW2 US Paratroopers for scale. @muck notice the name of one of the businesses? ;-)



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And a company of Flames of War Normandy campaign Panzer Grenadiers

Pffffff, right, like I would ever open a men's fashion store in the same neighbourhood as that Bavarian lout...

 

[TheKiwi]

Well spotted @Serj

 

[TheKiwi]

Finished assembling some more rural terrain for Flames of War/Team Yankee. These are the farmhouses from a Blackpowder Waterloo set.

 

[PegAsus]

Finished assembling some more rural terrain for Flames of War/Team Yankee. These are the farmhouses from a Blackpowder Waterloo set.

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Well done The Kiwi. I have build plastic models since the age of 5. Till i got a job. Than came a looong break, but since a few years i am into it again. At first more as a collector, but i have the will to build my (till the moment unbuild), models. But its more the Scale 1/35 and 1/48, the smaller things are to fiddely for me, Because I'm an old fart ;-)
A few of my older models has even survived the decades

 

[TheKiwi]

Thanks mate.

1/35th scale does have some attractions for older eyes. I have to wear what I call my "dork visor" when painting these days which is a magnification visor - and it does look dorky.

 

[TheKiwi]

Did a couple of Lynx transports for my British Army force.