Other than the sheer amazement as to just how dammned many of the blighters there actually were (and being mind-boggled that we managed to even play a single turn either of the old WRG modern rules, or the even more complex and marker-tastic Battlegroup moderns with quite so many AFVs on table..), it was also a challenge to see how easily it would be to upgrade some of them to a full set of CWC Middle Eastern forces.
None of them were based, and more concerningly a significant proportion of them were suffering from some sort of evil metal rot/fungal plague as well. The internet provided some help, and I ended up buying a large amount of Dettol to act as a paint stripper - and smelling out the house in the process with a rather different, more medicinal small than I usually do (with paint...)!
The end result is four full A4 trays worth of based 1/300th AFVs, and at least as much again that will go for sale to clubmates or on eBay in the new year.
Here are pictures of the Israelis, and also some of the Brits as well:
Israelis and some extras for other forces in the storage tray. This is an A4 plastic paper storage box from Paperchase lined with steel paper for the magnabased AFVs top stick to.
A layer of bubble wrap will sit on top of them and hold them all in place when the lid is shut, allowing them to be stored upright alongside the rules in a bookcase.
British command stand
Israeli command stands
British Challenger AFV's, command and Warrior IFV's.
The basing is magnabased card, with sand glued onto it, stained with Rustins woodstain and then drybrished in pale grey and the old standard of Bleached Bone
The metal rot! I guess I could have just left them as-is and used them for FWC ...
Dettol, an old toothbrish head, and a bad smell ...
M60's post-soaking
British recce units
Skytrex (I think) Centurions
Set of three Israeli tanks
The Russian-supplied kit, and a USMC desert-MERDC battlegroup will be posted soon..
1 comment:
Very interesting. I lost a lot of ancients to metal rot after storing them in the garage for about 10 years. The corrosion was so bad the dettol or thinner idea was not going to work. I have repacked them in very dry cardboard, felt and dry timer boxes. Seems to be ok so far. I created a utuibe video with instructions on how toc reate one of my more comlex box (link below) I also storge in boxes made up purely of cardboard and felt, which is a lot easier to make.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PWrViCMiGc&t=5s
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