"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: Half-Tracks as Support Options still in the WiP stage

A few Half-Tracks to support my US Boys are taking shape, all models are from Battlefront.

Base color done:

Highlights and shades done, decals applied

Pin wash and Chipping:

First weathering steps done using enamels and oils:

And finally dusted

Crew and passengers painted too - especially the passengers are lovely, some of them taking a nap:

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"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: M10 Wolverines

Next part of "Project 2nd Armoured" is finished - four M10 Wolverine tank destroyers ready to go on the hunt for the big cats.

The kits are from Battlefront Miniatures and I even have the option to build separate turrets for the Late War M36 Jackson with his powerful 90mm gun.

Stowage is Battlefront and PSC, but most of it are self-printed 3D files (and in the case of the crates with the baguettes and wine these are different STL´s I combined in a 3D program), the antennas are made from guitar wire, sandbags, bedrolls and tarps I made from Greenstuff.

To hold the stowage at the front of the tanks the crews often used what was available locally and in this case I made the holders from a model railway track.

The 4 completed Wolverines:

The successful commander of the troop - at least regarding gathering supplies 😅

I wonder which well-filled wine cellar the Germans had overlooked?

It seems the crew of this Wolverine stopped by a bakery!

The other two Wolverines:

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"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: Start of my M10 Wolverines

After my little excursion into the fantasy genre with Warmaster Revolution, I'm going back to the historical genre:

M10 Wolverine tank hunter for my US 2nd Armoured.
It seems that the guys were quite successful in "organising" supplies 😎😂

M10´s are Battlefront Miniatures with perfect fit of all the parts and that was a joy to assemble, stowage is Battlefront and 3D printed ones; the crates with the Baguettes and Wine Bottles are assembled in Chitubox from different STL´s, the sand bags and tarps are again self-made from Greenstuff.

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"Hell on Wheels" - US 2nd Armored Division in 15mm: M4A1 HQ and 105mm done

The completed HQ and 105mm Support for my 15mm force of 2nd Armoured Division "Hell on Wheels" project.

The M4A1 with 75mm gun will act as my Forward HQ option.

Again this is a PSC kit with added 3d printed stowage and spare tracks, antenna made from guitar wire.

And last an M4A1 (105mm) Sherman with the 105mm gun for support fire to knock-out bunkers and infantry.

This is kind of a Frankenstein model because I used left-over parts of some PSC Shermans to assemble this tank, so not every detail is correct

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