BTR Painting

I made this little device to mix spray paint cans.  I run the drill both directs for a count of 40 and then remove the can and shake it for about 10 seconds.  It works very well and mixes the paint better than any other paint mixing I have tried.

Painting a few more Cold War vehicles from the Soviet Union.

A previous owner trimmed the bumper on the first vehicle, I choose not to replace it.

This BTR152 had a little turret on top, I think it was originally an open top model.  I think the turret was from a Roco SdKfz 234 / 1 armored car, but just the top half of that turret.  You can see the octagonal shape.

Painting is ready to begin.

You can see a little bit of a turret outline on the lower BTR 152.  That's despite a lot of scraping and sanding.
 

Infantry and Overview

Paul Heiser makes a lot of WWII vehicles, and I have a ton of their trucks.

Watching out for the enemy.

1/72nd scale Italeri WWII US Army figures.

Most of these figures are walking as on patrol.

They fit nicely with most other brands like Revell.
 

Anti-Aircraft Halftrack

Looks like a widescreen movie version.

The halftrack is a Roco M16 that has had the .50 caliber machine guns removed.

Those machine guns were replaced by two 20mm guns.  100 were manufactured but none were probably sent into combat.

Most were reconverted back into .50 caliber gun mounts.

 With air supremacy the need for AA defense guns was usually not great.

Craters

Two Sherman tanks along the edge of the road.

The artillery towing truck moves up.

The craters limit maneuver. 

The whole set up.

These vehicles were some that were out of the box for repair, upgrade, or paint.