The batch of 32 field guns is now complete as shown below. They have now been issued to units.

The batch of 35 GS wagons is also complete and they too have been issued. Note the twisted wire harness round the horses.

In terms of painting soldiers I am currently working on another infantry battalion and an army command battalion. I will post pictures next time. The next vehicles to be made are a mixed batch of what I call utility trailers which consists of a number each of field kitchens, signals and medical trailers and water tankers. Again I will post pictures next time showing progress.

I thought there may be some interest in both my working arrangements and the display facilities I have for the army. I am not just a modeler but also a keen amateur woodworker. Therefore when the army exited the loft, as described in the introduction, I designed and built a work station with a display unit above.This photo shows the working area and the display unit can be seen above.

The display unit comprises 75 sliding shelves each of 150mm by 300mm mounted in 5 columns of 15 with sliding perspex doors for each column.

This photo shows my second display unit which has 80 shelves but,  like the first, is quite full up.

This is my third unit also of 80 shelves. As can be seen this is less than half full and is the unit I am working to fill at the present time. Each unit holds a full army of c15,000 troops. As I have now used all the vacant wall space to house these three units I currently have no idea what to do when this unit is full in a couple of years. I have a number of changes in the pipeline which when implemented will provide a lot of work but one day I guess I will run out of work unless I can think of a solution in the meantime.

On a previous blog I showed the components for a batch of 32 field artillery pieces awaiting assembly. That assembly has now been completed and as per my normal practice all plastic and metal parts have been primed.

I also showed part of a batch of 35 GS wagons in the same status . These have now been painted in the standard olive drab of my army. The remaining work is to fit the "horse harness" and paint the wheels, including the   spare mounted at the back, matt black. The "horse harness" is a piece of twisted wire connected to the wagon body and going around the horses. I found a long time ago that just having horses stuck to the wagon pole looked unsatisfactory. The twisted wire not only gives a better look in my opinion, but also acts as added protection for the glue holding the horses on. 

This next photo shows a battalion of heavy weapons troops with the first coat of paint. After a second coat on the base the rank and arm of service colours will be added then two costs of varnish will complete the job.

This photo shows the components to build 32 field guns. Next job will be carry out assembly using super glue. Then the axles will be drilled to accept the wheels (points on the drawing pins I use for wheels).

Today I want to say thanks to my daughter Laraine, who has done some work on my blog to deliver things that I just could not do, thanks Rainey.
I thought it useful to give some idea of exactly what I am up to at the moment. As an introduction to the following photos I should say I tend to build in batches for vehicles and equipment until I am closer to completing units. While building I also paint the soldiers in complete units so that I always have a number of different processes on the go at any one time.

This photo shows most of a batch of 35 GS wagons just completed building which have been primed and are now awaiting full painting.

Blogging is not easy !!

I have now spent many hours working on this blog to try and create something both visually interesting and logical regardless of the actual written content. It is proving very difficult indeed. Clearly I am not a child of the computer generation and my brain does not function digitally !!! Please bear in mind my limitations in this area as I seek to develop this blog.