Wespe Artillery

Painting my resin Paul Heiser Models Wespe self propelled guns.

Each battery of six guns gets two ammo carriers.

The primer paint gives a nice even texture to the model and sticks well to the resin.

Models are HO scale.

It was an excellent use of the Panzer II chassis to use it as a self-propelled gun and ammo carrier.

The ammo carrier was almost identical except it had no gun, just more ammo.

Boom Crane

More T34 armored recovery vehicles.  This time with a more complex cargo space.

Shermans are from Paul Heiser in HO 1/87 scale.

The Soviets used a number of Sherman tanks and they were generally well liked.

This is a Lee / Grant armored recovery vehicle.

Most Soviet ARVs don't have the luxury of a boom crane.

Fungus Fighters

US Army in the attack.

Fungus Fighters!

Weird War Two as Japanese Fungus Fighters take on the American troops!

They are small but they take a lot of killing!

Automatic weapons fire is the best thing.

Heavy slugs ripping into them.

But the monsters keep coming.

It's hard to kill something that does not bleed!

Armored Division

Sherman tank and crew.

Covering fire while others work.

Thompson, Grease Gun, and Colt .45 all use the same cartridge. 

Lots of activity in an armored division.

Maintenance to perform.

Repairs to be made.

Char B

Paul Heiser Models is owned and operated by Paul Heiser.  He has been a good friend for decades, long before he was Paul Heiser Models.  His latest project is a flamethrower version of the Char B tank.  It will probably be included with a regular Char B.  The flame gun will have to be glued on the spot occupied by the 75mm hull gun, which will have to be cut off.

There will be a French cupola, a German modified closed and open cupola nad a rear turret hatch.  There will be separate side door and escape hatch and a fuel tank for the flamethrower.  Paul is also planning on upgrading the SOMUA S35 tank as well.

I always recommend getting your Paul Heiser Models from Fidelis Models.  Randy of Fidelis is also a great friend of mine and has a huge collection of HO scale models.  Most of them are West German and post reunification German and USMC.

PHM Light Trucks

As part of my closet cleaning I came across a few more Paul Heiser Models.

These are some more HO 1/87th scale resin WWII German light trucks.

This one has a radio in the back. Germans had rather large radios in WWII.

They used a bewildering variety of trucks and cars. Both civilian and pre-war vehicles and even foreign vehicles were used by them.

A little convoy lined up for primer painting. I usually use Testors spray gray primer on resin.