With my wife on poppy selling duty again this past week, once again I have enjoyed a lot of "play" time. Therefore much has been done this week including completion of the previously mentioned Pioneer battalion, 60% completion of yet another Infantry battalion and a good start made on two Field Artillery battalions. As mentioned before, I tend to build Artillery battalions in pairs because the low number of troops in each battalion makes it more productive to do two at once. In addition the batch of 32 limbers has now been completed. They have been issued to units and the article on the construction and painting process was published earlier. The batch of 24 heavy GS trailers mentioned previously are now complete except for having the spare wheels painted black as shown below.

These vehicles are made exactly like GS wagons except there is no shaft for horses nor towing hook. Instead there is a towing eye. These are made of 30 swg hobby wire which I source from the local garden centre. The wire is cut into lengths of about 50mm and wrapped round a small round file and twisted to give an eye with a tail. A small hole is made in the front of the wagon and the hook pushed in. A drop of glue secures the eye. I hope this arrangement can be clearly seen in the photo below.

I have also built a batch of 32 ambulance wagons to equip Medical battalions. The photo below shows them with metal parts and flags primed and bodies painted olive drab. The next step will be to add horses, which are being painted at the same time as usual, and then complete painting. Construction is the usual for house bodied wagons being a block of balsa 15mm wide and 30mm long  cut from a 12mm thick plank. There is no towing hook but ambulances each fly a red cross flag, which idea is based on US Civil War practice. Other medical vehicles have a small red cross painted on the vehicle side as they are not usually in the front line like ambulances. In all other respects the painting follows my normal practices.