I think that most of us enjoy seeing some scenic objective markers on tables.
Many of them are real eye candies that often show different side of
battlefront life - usually with a little bit of humor.
It has been a while since I started to think about such projects myself. Finally I got it!
Initially, I thought that my idea for a marker was pretty original, but it quickly turned out that it is quite a regular topic (however, I haven’t seen such marker at any table I've played so far). What was the idea - a field kitchen! That theme really gives you as a modeler a huge space for experimenting.
Initially, I thought that my idea for a marker was pretty original, but it quickly turned out that it is quite a regular topic (however, I haven’t seen such marker at any table I've played so far). What was the idea - a field kitchen! That theme really gives you as a modeler a huge space for experimenting.
I decided to build a diorama showing a German field kitchen
a.k.a. Gulaschkanone. The name comes from its shape while being towed - the chimney was disassembled
and transported horizontally making it look like a cannon.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any model in 15mm scale, so I even started to
collect pieces and bits from different models to scratch-build it. After some time, it
turned out that QRF has one in its range. I was really happy that I didn’t have
to sculpt it myself.
QRF GSV16 Field Kitchen
The model is a piece of art. It is beautifully sculpted; the
casting is also very good. For the price of 5 GBP you receive a whole set
containing the kitchen itself with the front cart, four horses and two cooks
(one is very well fed ;). The model is close to the original kitchen, however, one piece
of the front cart is missing (a kind of shelf at rear used to transport milk/water containers). Fortunately, it wasn't a problem to add it myself.
Scenic Objective Marker
What you can see below is the objective just before
painting. I combined QRF set with couple of Battlefront’s figures, a little bit
of PSC stowage and the dog from one of the H0 railway sets. In addition, I sculpted some
of the equipment myself.
After painting it looks like that. I feel that my soldier
will die for that objective with joy…
Beautiful work, I love this vignette!
ReplyDeleteThis looks fantastic. I love what you have done with this scene, so much character and well designed. I must get my hands on that field kitchen, thanks so much for sharing the info.
ReplyDeletei have 2 types of 15mm German field kitchens available in resin kits.
ReplyDeletePlesae contact me if interested.
Cheers
Tim
I made the original of that model as a piece of table clutter for the Bovington game in 2010. Geoff from QRF saw it and asked if I could make another as a production master. I always meant to do the Russian version but never got around to it. I suppose that's my fifteen minutes of fame :-)
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