FJR in Normandie: PAK40 ATGs in 20mm

 

I've truly enjoyed building this battery of PAK40 anti-tank guns for my late war German 1944 Fallschirmjager Kampfgruppen. It's been particularly satisfying resurrecting these two older builds and ending up with models just as I saw them in my mind's eye.

I think both the gun models are old ESCI kits I built in the 1980s, one of which had no gun shield. The crews are all FAA 20mm miniatures.

I decided against painting the guns in camouflage, leaving them dunkelgelb as I knew I wanted them heavily concealed anyway.

The tall tufts are Peco model railway scenics with a few of my own home made tufts and some static grass applied directly without using any applicator.

The concealing foliage is made from dried brush flowers I picked up ages ago from a haberdashery with a little application of white glue followed by a dipping in a blend of static grass and flock.
 

The ammo boxes are from a fast build kit for two more 1/72 PAK40 models from Italieri - they are superb by the way - the kits and the ammo boxes.

Next up are the two tractors and towed guns for this battery. That way I can depict them on the table-top both on the move and set to ambush.