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Monday 4 September 2023

A flocking progress report

In the run up to the start of my radiotherapy, I had been continuing to work my way through the figures and vehicles that I renovated during the COVID outbreak, flocking their bases with fine cork granules. I have continued doing this – albeit at a slightly slower pace – since my radiotherapy started, and I have now reached the point where this phase of the project has finished.

To date I have flocked the following:

RUSSIAN

  • Infantry figures: 89
  • Artillery figures: 41 (including 4 x naval gunners)
  • Officer figures: 10
  • Tanks and self-propelled guns: 6 (1 x T-60 light tank and 5 x T-34/76 medium tanks)
  • Armoured cars: 5 (5 x FAI)
  • Artillery pieces: 19 (including 7 x 45mm M1932/M1937 anti-tank guns, 4 x 76.2mm M1927 regimental guns, 1 x 76.2mm M1939 divisional gun, 2 x 122mm M1938 howitzers, 3 x 152mm M1909/30 howitzers)
  • Artillery tractors: 11 (including 2 x STZ-5 light tractors, 3 x T-20 Komsomolets light tractors, and 3 x Komintern heavy tractors)
  • Wheeled vehicles: 15 trucks

GERMAN & AXIS

  • Infantry figures: 114 (including 1 x Policeman, 12 x Hungarian infantry, and 8 x Spanish infantry)
  • Artillery figures: 39 (including 6 x Luftwaffe gunners and 5 x Hungarian gunners)
  • Officer figures: 8 (including 1 x Hungarian officer and 1 x Spanish officer)
  • Tanks and self-propelled guns: 10 (2 x PzKpfw III medium tanks, 2 x PzKpfw IV medium tanks, 2 x Hungarian 38M Toldi light tanks, 2 x Panzerjager I, 2 x 150mm sIG 33 [1 x PzKpfw II chassis and 1 x PzKpfw III chassis) self-propelled guns)
  • Armoured cars: 2 (1 x SdKfz 222 light armoured car and 1 x SdKfz 231 heavy armoured car)
  • Artillery pieces: 17 (including 2 x 37mm PAK 36 anti-tank guns, 4 x 50mm PAK 38 anti-tank guns, 1 x 75mm GK 06 light mountain gun, 3 x 75mm leIG 18 light infantry guns, 1 x 150mm sIG 33 heavy infantry gun, and 3 x leFH 18 light howitzers)
  • Half-tracks: 5 (1 x SdKFZ 11 light half-tracks, 1 x SdKfz 251 armoured half-track, and 3 x SdKfz 7 medium half-tracks)
  • Wheeled vehicles: 15 (including 1 x Citroen staff car, 5 x Kubelwagen light cars, 2 x Steyr 1500A heavy cars, 3 x Opel Blitz light trucks, and 2 x Krupp Protze light trucks)

As I look back at what I have done, it turns out to be a more extensive list than I expected ... and whilst searching for something else on Saturday, I found another couple of boxes of stuff that need to be renovated and rebased. So much – in fact – that I suspect that it will double the size of the collection that I have already done!

14 comments:

  1. Bob,
    Impressive! But....we want pictures! ☺
    I appreciate this is unlikely soon given the temperatures forecasted.....
    Neil

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    1. Neil Patterson (Neil),

      Cheers! I’ll see if I can put some photographs on my blog later this week.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. That's a lot of figures; I applaud your tenacity Bob - with such a large collection I think I'd have been put off at the start!

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    1. Maudlin Jack Tar,

      It’s helped to keep my mind off my cancer treatment … and given me a serious project to get my teeth into.

      All the best,

      Bob

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    1. Mark Cordone,

      I hope to upload some to my blog later this week.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  4. Energized by radiotherapy, a new side effect? Hopefully the treatment also does what it is designed for so you can make good use of the rebased figures for years to come.

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    1. Ross Mac,

      Not quite, I’m afraid. Since I started radiotherapy my energy levels have been going up and down. Sometimes I feel lots of energy but at other times I feel so tired that I keep falling asleep.

      I’m hoping that once my collection is renovated, rebased, and flocked it will be one of two - possibly three - core collections that I’ll use for many years.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  5. Very good progress there Bob and I admire your dedication in seeing this through. Some photos would be nice for sure, when you feel up to it of course.

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    1. Steve J.,

      Cheers! The first of two batches of photographs will be appearing on my blog later this morning.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  6. Well done Bob, getting through it steadily. I note that, unlike most wargamers, you have far more artillery than tanks!

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    1. Martin Rapier,

      Cheers! When you live in Woolwich - the ancestral home of the Royal Artillery - and both your father and maternal grandfather were gunners, its rather difficult not have to lots of artillery in one's armies!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  7. Excellent progress with your Russian forces Bob. And I hope the radiotherapy proves successful in aiding your better health. Carl (up norff)

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    1. Carl,

      It's kept me busy in the run up to my radiotherapy. As to the latter ... well, I will be having my seventh session later today, and that means that I am already almost a fifth of the way through the treatment cycle.

      All the best,

      Bob

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