These Russian buildings are plastic 1 /72 model kits made by Pegasus, who are sadly now out of production. This is a real pity as I rather like both these buildings and the 1/48 scale farm animals I purchased previously. I didn't bother with the modern looking windows but stuck a bit of balsa in as shutters, so that they can cover a longer period, medieval to modern day? Frankly I thought I could get away with them in dark age Britain! I will use them for bolt action skirmishing and also with my Napoleonics as built up areas.
I want to add a scratch built barn , church and some plastic fencing at some point but for the moment I wanted to get something done, rather than wait and do everything together, plus at one point I was going to need these for an 1812 battle at Christmas but I think that's all changed, still it means something is completed which is always good!
In addition to the Russian village here are three scratch built bridges which I rapidly knocked up when we were going to do the siege out of warlords To kill a king until we realised doing the siege of Worcester out of the pike and shot book made more sense, I have finished them off at my leisure and figure they'll be useful for the Danube ( hence the French cavalry!) campaign, plus you can't have too many bridges, right? Mostly balsa and card, rapidly thrown together with Uhu, they're a bit pissed but I feel it adds to their rustic charm!
Finally some resin crates, purchased at a pre pandemic Salute, back in the mists of time, they'll serve as objectives/ barricades over a large period even if they should be 20th century I guess.
Up next, I've got three Napoleonic units all almost finished, hopefully I'll get one of them over the line soon!
All the best
Iain
I love the Russian buildings and the brdiges, too; Hovels does a nice range of Russian buildings as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter, yes I'm pretty happy with them, also a bit more economical than resin!
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Hi Iain, marvellous job on the buildings, I have worked one of these before and thought it was hard to get rid of the plastic look, but you have done that and more. Good idea about the balsa wood windows.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that Pegasus had gone, but that explains why some of their dual pack quick build vehicles are like hens teeth to find! A shame really.
Thanks Norm, I actually followed the finish from the blog Hand built history (slightly simplified of course!) He is a fantastic terrain model maker, including for the Perry's , the fact Pegasus has gone came up when I was doing a Google search for their products.
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Fabulous Iain! You’ve really got that aged wood colouring.
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Thanks Chris, as I said to Norm, I did just follow someone else's formula but considering I did them rapidly with decorating brushes I'm happy!
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That is a shame it is out of production- you have done great job with it.
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame and thank you very much!
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Beautiful looking terrains sir!
ReplyDeleteLove that natural wood colour.
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Thanks a lot Michal!
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Excellent work on all the buildings, bridges, crates and shelter Iain, the weathered wood looks very authentic.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, big bunch of wooden things!
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Another vote for the authentic look of the wood colour. Great work all of it Iain, and the building is especially nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Lawrence, check out Hand built history, a cracking resource!
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These are very nice Iain....is Pegasus as a whole gone, or have they just stopped making these buildings?
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith, yeah the company has gone unfortunately!
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These all look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Simon!
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The buildings do have that look we imagine to be typically Russian and will look good throughout a very wide era of history, but the bridges I really did appreciate as was hping that they were scratchbuilt (and of course they were).
ReplyDeleteYour comments on the crates did make me wonder when were crates like these first used (i don;t know either).
The sod house maybe be small, but it is a gem of a model.
You should be pleased with how much terrain you've made.
Thanks Joe, yes I was happy with the bridges as they were thrown together! I think it's just the rope handled ammunition boxes that cries 20th century or at least late 19th but I will happily use them from the medieval period onwards!
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Some fine work there Ian. Love the bridge!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, they're my favourites too!
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Iain, this is a fine collection of woodwork.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Jonathan!
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Others already said it, but I particularly love the colour of the wooden surfaces. Amazing job :)
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Suber!
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Great job on all the terrain. You have some good skills with balsa wood. Not shabby at all. 😀
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Thanks Stew, it used to be on my CV! I'm trundling along alright, sad every now and again but that's alright too!
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Nice looking terrain Iain…
ReplyDeleteThe Pegasus buildings are very nice… it’s a shame that they are no longer available.
All the best. Aly
Thanks very much Aly!
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These all look great, and smart thinking with the shutters…these really will work in a variety of periods!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe, yes trying to cover as many periods as possible!
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