yes another vehicles for AK-47 despite the face I have not played it for over 2 years! I was not a fan of the re-write and as such it as a game fell out of favour with me. yet despite this I am still building up an army. Sheer madness I tell you but what else is knew!
This is actually the Zvezda kit of the BTR 80 at 1/100th scale. yeah I know it if not true 15mm but it is close enough for me. We can all get perdantic. This is my first and Only (so far )armoured personnel carrier for AK 47 But I hope to get one more. Like all the Zvezda kits they are easy to put together and assuming you have at least 1/4 of a brain you will get all the pieces in the right place. I am not saying they are idiot proof but pretty close!
Overall a worthy addition to the AK force. And while only (in the rules) able to carry 4 stands at least that is 4 stands they will not have to walk to the battlefield!
Yesterday I went to Rochester Games and Model shop Yes here is a horrible Face book link. (I say horrible as I do not like Facebook) Link and I am sure if you live in the Medway towns you are at least aware of them. While there MHWC (Sittingbourne wargames club) and they had a game of Rapid fire going on. this is turn 1 and 2 in the photos I had real life to get back to. As usual with ww2 game far to many tanks. A realistic ratio is 1 tank to 600 soldiers. But we all do it. 
Things when I left were not going in anyones favour. Yes the allies had lost more vehicles than the Germans But the Allies were ambushed and they would be able to replace their vehicles which at this stage of the war the Germans would not. My advice to the allies would be pull back and call in air support and let the infantry move it to mop up. hell but no one asked me and I was not playing so it was all up to them. But at this stage of the war the Germans could not afford to loose tanks or Fuel so no matter how the game was played the Germans were bound to loose!A very Jaundiced view I realise, but that was the truth at this stage in the war. Why through away lives, call in air support and sit back and make a brew!
Should have some figures painted by Tuesday so enough of Tank and Tank things for a while. All the best and enjoy the long weekend!
Nice job on the APC it looks really good. Nice to have a mooch round models shops just in case you spot anything useful. I find there scenic bits and flocks quite good.
ReplyDeleteThank you Simon I will admit to having a tiny spend. Yes I could have spent more but decided that I did not need to. Back to figure painting now and with luck getting them finished by Tuesday.
DeleteMore APC goodness, Clint, and a nice little AAR (or rather ongoing report) thrown in for good measure. Lovely posting for the Bank holiday Weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you Blax I suspect you might enjoy the next post more....... if they ever get finished!
DeleteAs always, you've done a great job at painting that APC. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bryan. I know it is not your thing. Tuesday some 28mm figs that I think will be much more your thing.
DeleteGreat work on the BTR 80 Clint, I find it very interesting watching other people game, can give a great insight into their gaming tactics, also may highlight a game that I've previously decided wasn't for me, but turns out to be great
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave I agree. Many things can be learned from others games. And IF I could apply them to my own games I would be a better player.
DeleteShame I cannot!
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DeleteThe BTR looks excellent. You wouldn't be the first wargamer to continue buying for a game they had stopped playing (myself included)!
ReplyDeleteThank you lee. The only reason we stopped playing AK as far as I am aware is that they changed the rules. I am not alone in not liking the new rules the company has even started selling the old rules as a PDF
DeleteAnother smashing bit of kit Clint.
ReplyDeleteThank you Michael. A good day of painting should see 8 figures finished today, maybe more. So all the posts for a week could be done in one go.
DeleteI do love the BTR series of tanks and this is a cracking version and you should get back to using the original AK47 rules, maybe with a few of your own tweaks.
ReplyDeleteWhilst you're right about wargamers and tanks it should be no surprise to find gamers employing them - we all do it.
And a bit of shopping therapy (whther buying or not) is always a good thing to charge the batteries.
Thank you Joe. I do realise as wargamers ww2 tanks are mostly our kind of thing. I just want for a change there to be a WW2 game with no tanks at all on either side.
DeleteI know how you feel and when I did have a small group of regular opponents we played many games where tanks weren't involved.
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