Having taken new interest in my NATO Brigade Commander (NBC hereafter) game of late, I’ve been revisiting some drawers full of bits and pieces to see if I could assemble any complete units. There was actually more than I thought so I’m currently focussed on the Cold War units. This means that we have French and West German (remember them?) units coming soon, but for now here is a ‘quick win’ in the shape of an Independent Tank Brigade. These models have actually been painted and part based for some years so I only had to finish off the basing and do some touching in of the paint.
In NBC, most stands represent NATO-style companies so Warpact tank battalions usually merit only two stands. The three tank battalions of the ITB, however, each have five 10-tank companies so I’ve represented them by three stands each. Other Brigade assets are companies of AA, engineers, recce and HQ. The tanks are T-80U by GHQ, with other models by Heroics & Ros, Scotia, and ISM. The stands are 30x40mm cut from artists mounting board. The little squares in the rear of the bases are bits of magnetic strip to allow the attachment of strength point markers if the toys are used in my Megablitz game.
Nice work Tim.
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ReplyDeleteThanks comrade!
Lovely looking east block armour!
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Great stuff, I used to own loads of these models from GHQ back in the 80s, I remember that ZSU-23-4 especially fondly
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ReplyDeleteAnd plenty of it!
SimonG
ReplyDeleteThe Shilka in the photo is actually an H&R model. Less detailed than the GHQ version but rather more robust!
Remember these models well from my yoof 👍
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ReplyDeleteWhat a memory you have!
Wonderful OpFor units Tim! I like how clean and crisp they look on their stands. I use a similar magnetic marking system on my 2mm Napoleonics, which works quite well with these smaller scales.
ReplyDeleteLooking good, Tim.
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