Carry On Chaps

Saturday, 9 March 2024

returning to East Africa and the Sultanate of Nambuzo for a small set of games ...

A column of Sultanate of Nambuzo troops (with German mercenaries), move north-west from Patimbobo...

They have been spotted by a British patrol.....

Aim: modify loco cab to fit 28mm driver and look as close as possible to that of the loco in the film North-West Frontier.

Old non-runner loco taken apart and the motor removed ...

Cab removed and saved the front part, add a lift of about 1cm and new back of cab. In mid-bodge, checking the fit of a 28mm figure in the cab ..

bodge done,

Ready for use in a game .....

The mountain gun now ready for service...

on the move ...

and deployed for action ...

Chasseurs D'Afrique finished..(Artizan designs)

and a mounted commander for the Moroccans (Gringos40)

Made up a machine gun with separate stand using cardboard, wire and green stuff.

managed to get it to fit on a mule with some additional strapping made using insulation tape....painted up and on the march ...

deployed ...

On the march ...

deployed for action ...

Quick paint and cover with sand, plus some static grass and small bits of foliage clump ....