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It's been a slow down last week, grandkids over for the school holidays, so my painting had to halt. I've now completed most of the construction, just the reins to go now, and then some finer details painted then all the matte areas given a glossy coat, so hopefully all competed this week. John

WOW, looking good now with the undercoat, but I bet they will be VERY colourful when completed? John

More of Sharpe's (95th) Rifles ???? John

The crew look great, glad to help out with a 'lick of paint', John

Yes, a lieutenant with a map, the MOST dangerous thing in the jungle !!!!!! John

The grey primer is from a local hardware chain here in Australia (Bunnings), it was the cheapest they sell and works fine, but probably only available here in AUS. The harness from horses to carriage came with the kit, but I joined it to the horses using some very small nails (1mm panel pins)...

I hope that WARPARK is going to make an add-on set of gunners to make a full detachment, 7 gunners. They only have 3 loaders and an officer but need a layer, breech operator and the gun commander (NCO) to fire the gun. The officer isn't really needed on the gun platform. On Eastern Front John

This coming weekend I'll get on with the painting, now that it is undercoated and the harness organised. I've started on the figures first, then horse colours before detailing their harness. John

Briiliant !!! I love it, well done, yet again Robin, John

Nice one Wayne, keep them coming, John

Robin, How did the Germans manage to get that vehicle and the 2 guns into those gun positions on the wall? I didn't think they had helicopters in those days?? You may also need some cam-netting so the allies can't see them too! John

Nice to see more of Napoleon's Grande Armee 'on parade'. I'm sure Napoleon would salute them too :) John

It's great to see even more 'Guns & Gunners' coming :) I do like that John makes gunners in a variety of poses like the manoeuvring of the gun back onto the mark after firing, and not the 'usual' one of just standing gunners. Remember that these guns didn't have recoil systems and after each...

Today I have added the mudguards which come from the brass etched plates. Firstly they had to bent into the correct shape and then positions on the body of the carriage marked to be drilled to fit the mounting pins. Using those marks, a 1mm hole was carefully drilled. Then the mudguards dry...

Here we go, I have started the assembly this weekend .... First job is adding the rear spring assemblies and when dry, attaching the rear axle. While it is turned over the front turntable (brass plate) added too. Next task is securing the front spring assemblies using BluTack at the correct...

The look like they fit in nicely, John

Nice one Wayne, all we need is the sound and smell !!! John

Yes, 1/32 scale and it will be painted with gloss finish. John

This is another project I will be starting soon, a Victorian 4-wheel carriage. I have never heard of the maker, Historic Carriages, but it looks very much like the Phoenix range. The carriage is for a fellow local collector who I have done work before, and he found it 'somewhere on the net'...

Over the past couple of months, I have assembled and painted a few mounted cavalry kits by ROSE Miniatures that I obtained from an interstate deceased estate. There were about a dozen on offer, but only got about half of them in eras I particularly was interested in. The first is XX125 French...