Tuesday 19 December 2017

Battleground Plastic Kits.

The discerning reader will have remembered that I bought two plastic kits at Battleground show at Stockton last month-one,a medieval boat,and two a medieval bridge.
Well, I have finished both kits, to the standard that I wanted,and here they are...................

The bridge,which must be the steepest and most inaccessible bridge in the world,had to be made in 6 sections,as shown,with "umpteen" pieces in each section!!

The kit,which was Russian,had no written instructions,so proved a bit of a "test" to my limited abilities,but the end result can be seen here.
I suppose that it could be used for sledging down,or for rolling Easter eggs down,but is not very practical for wargaming(oh yeah?-just watch!!)

The RSPCA would have something to say if you tried to get a horse up that incline!!

A double archway-that's novel and will probably lead onto another river-section project in the new year-hey ho!!-why did I buy it????
Anyway,on to the next kit,which will prove to be more useful.............................

A Medieval boat,useful from Norman times, and through the Crusades.I have deliberately left off most of the deck clutter,so I can put a figure or two onto the deck(Santa,are you listening??)

The mast and sail are separate,so can be removed,although it must be pointed out that I glued the sail on upside down!!!-I blame two things-old age and Captain Morgan!!!,so the Cross had to be re-painted to give the impression that it was the right way up!!-oh dear,why do I bother?

As it sails away across the kitchen table,one though springs to mind-it'll never get under those bloody archways!!!-Happy Christmas.




































8 comments:

  1. Looks interesting. Kenny asked me to contact you to say thanks for the Christmas card and you have a table booked for Carronade

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    1. Hi David,thanks for comment,looking forward to seeing you all at carronade 2018.
      johnc.

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  2. That's not a bridge, it's 2 x V2 rocket launchers!

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    1. Cheers Stryker-formidable or what??
      YOUR COMMENT PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE!
      johnc(william)

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  3. Bill - any more detail on the ship model? Maker?

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    1. Hi STW,no more details I'm afraid,only that it too was Russian-if you Google Russian plastic kits,I'm sure it will appear.
      johnc(william)

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  4. That is a rather odd looking bridhe, one would almost expect another piece of road way between the towers. The boat will certainly need to unstep its masts if it wants to go through.

    Who made the boat kit btw?

    Happy Christmas!

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    1. Hello again Ross Mac,only info I have(cos I threw the box away!) is that it too was Russian-happy Christmas to you too-see you in 2018.
      johnc(william)

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