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Showing posts with label PSC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PSC. Show all posts

Saturday, 10 April 2021

20mm British specialist carriers

More of the PSC carrier variants finished, first one the artillery spotter vehicle.  Paints and decals as my previous carriers.

Once assembled, it makes quite a nice vehicle, although the size difference in figures between the officer spotter figure (from the variant set) and other crew (from the standard vehicle sprue) is quite noticeable.


The spotter version uses a different front armour plate with the Bren port welded over and a winch mounted in front. 


An extending ladder attached to the side makes the vehicle very distinctive, as well as providing handy access to trees and bomb/shell damaged buildings.


Rear equipment stowage includes another winch, spare radio batteries and several large equipment panniers/boxes.


I am quite pleased with how this vehicle turned out in the end.


Then next up, a Wasp flamethrower carrier.


I think this is meant to be a Mk II variant, the Mk IIC for Canadian with large rear external tank and third crew man rather than two internal tanks.


If it's the Mk IIC, then it shouldn't really be allocated to 7th AD.



An interesting vehicle requiring some tactical skill to get it within range of a suitable target.  On the whole, I think I'd prefer to be sitting inside the better armour of a Churchill Crocodile.

Thanks for looking.

Monday, 1 March 2021

20mm Universal Carriers

 More Christmas builds completed.

Four Plastic Soldier Company universal carriers, (l-r) an MG carrier, PIAT carrier, 2" mortar carrier and Bren carrier.  Figures are Raventhorpe, except the dismounted Vickers team, which is from an Italeri/Esci set.


The carrier section.


Bren carrier.


2" Mortar carrier, complete with huge crewmen.


PIAT carrier.


The section from an oblique view.


Rear view of the carriers.


The MG carrier with Vickers MMG dismount.


Another set of giant crewmen.


Nice that the gunner is modelling in a leather jerkin.


These are painted using my "normal" British armour colours, WW2 Russian uniform washed in Agraz Earthshade and dry brushed Iraqi sand.  Decals are Skytrex.


Thanks for looking.