Wednesday 29 November 2023

Zona Alfa: vehicles

 Hi!

The second post for scenics for Zona Alfa.

These are the vehicles I bought from Kroger's in Atlanta and a rather small black cab which will do for a scrap car.

The first vehicle, obviously military. I will probably try to erase the markings and fit some UK ones. A lovely size though. 


This one is another of the above taken apart and had the livery changed for civilian use.



The same with the top added


Another military vehicle to change sign and lettering


Possibly a civilian vehicle but could be used for the military


The poor London black cab. It was an eBay purchase. The car had a lot of scratches, which was OK as I wanted some scrap/abandoned cars. I added the rust, which looks better in the photo than actually in hand.



Buildings for Zona Alfa

 Hi!

I've been busy making terrain pieces. Mostly MDF buildings and accessories for Zona Alfa. Now, if I hadn't been so fast with the 6mm Bolt Action I could use these for that. Having said that, I have a sprue of Germans and the remainder of the 8th army sprue, though they would be a bit out of their way in a countryside setting. 

Let us take a look. A little picture heavy so I'll split it into 2 or 3 posts.

First some buildings.

The Farm house

A great find on eBay. They cost much less than similar pieces from the more regular wargames suppliers. Perhaps being 2mm instead of 3 is the reason. I'm not complaining!

You will see these buildings on blogs or aar's and the buildings will be as supplied. I decided to add some colour. I coloured what should be the inside of the building which is why the configuration will look slightly different from the others.The inside of the buildings are white which looks nicer than plain mdf brown.

The doors are not  fixed. I left them loose so I can have them closed, open are not on at all.

You might notice that the farm buildings are done in Zandri dust. I'm keeping to basic sandstone colour so there is a local connection to the buildings.

I still have what is called 3 stables or sheds to assemble. It is a single building which looks like a row 3 connected cottages, which is what I will use them as. Having lived in a cottage of similar size at one time I know it will look fine.

The farm buildings

The farm house

The inside has a nice platform for the upstairs



Long farm building


Stable


Small farm building. Can be used aa a garage



The farm buildings are by Kristoff-Designs

Wednesday 8 November 2023

DIY Scenics:Hedges

 A couple of pictures of the DIY hedges I've been working on. These will be useful for some of the games but, principally, for Zona Alfa.



Carpark with hedge

I still need to flock the hedge. I think it will look good. I have more craft sticks (popsicle type) to make more because, like trees, you can never have enough!

I have been working on some buildings which will be in the next post.


Thank you for dropping by.