The final leg of the project! The last vehicles in the box are some old resin Battlefront AA vehicles. I could not find any of these in photos for the French and…
Tag: French
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Recon
OK, the force is coming together. I decided to finish the recon elements next. This would include two recon troops. Putting this together was a bit of a challenge. I already had…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Heavy Support.
Next on the chopping block, was some M-10s and M-8s. The M-10 was the only TD used by the French, while the M-8 was heavily used also. The M-10s were actually some…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Half Tracks.
Now that the main tank force is out of the way, it is time to add the supporting elements for the company. I started with a platoon of halftracks to add a…
BBB – Battle of Mars-la-Tour, August 1870.
Background This battle, one of the most sanguinary of all those that were fought during the Franco-Prussian war, took place on August 16th, 1870. The French, defeated all along the line, had…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Shermans
With the mid war equipment out of the way, it was time to move to late war. Unfortunately, the 1st FFI was rechristened as a mech division for the invasion of France….
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French T30s.
With the APCs out of the way, the next thing I needed was some artillery support for the French. So, I pulled out the T-30s and a couple of jeeps. I believe…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French M3 Scout Cars.
With my new decals at hand, I am now working through my backlog of French late war armor. It is funny, this was the force I meant to start with. However, my…
Lend Lease Armor Project – French M3a3s
Last year I started my big push to paint up my metric ton of unpainted Flames of War allied vehicles. The plan was to do them in mass, using the same colors…
Rebels & Patriots – Recruit the Huguenots!
Horse and Musket Tuesday time had come and I am back from my various traveling. Now that my basement repairs a finally done, I can finally get back to my collection and…
