Now that I seem to be playing a lot of One Hour WW2 which needs some logistics vehicles, as well as reviving Megablitz for our occasional Tapton games and dabbling in NQM, I thought I needed a few more medical vehicles to sustain the troops. While my Ambulance fleet will never rival that of Mr Kemp of NQM fame, I could at least have a few more. My mission was aided by acquiring a set of I94 Ambulance decals at Hammerhead a few months ago.
And lo, a small group of Ambulances.
First up is this Austin K2. A lovely model from Battlefield 3D. This is an exquisite single piece print amd highly recommended. It even has the gear sticks in the cab.
Lovely panel lines and it has rolled tarpaulin covers next to each door as well. I did it in the colour scheme from the Airfix Recovery Set for nostalgias sake, just plain SCC2 brown with various red cross markings. I would have preferred to put a cross on the main roof, but the air vents are in the way and I didn't want to start cutting decals.
Next up is a Dodge Ambulance, another Battlefield 3D print. I had a mind to use this as a US Command Vehicle, but I've already got a QRF ambulance in that role.
Another beautiful model, well proportioned and finely detailed.
Here it is next to the QRF one, which looks like a lump of clay in comparison. It also has a great big air vent in the middle of the roof, so I used the resin model as the ambulance and the metal one for the HQ truck.
And finally this is my ancient (late 1990s) Peter Pig Granit Ambulance which has served as a command bus for decades, but has now become an actual ambulance.
I had a bit of a decal disaster on the right hand door. It sort of disintegrated as I was putting it on, but it doesn't actually look too bad now it has dried. Maybe one day I'll scrape it off and re-do it, but for now it is fine. Scraped by a passing bush perhaps?
Hopefully I'll get those into action fairly soon.
Very nice vehicles, and they bespeak a humanitarian war gamer. Well, so I think, anyhow.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I don't think my fleet of medical vehicles will remain anything but imaginary...
Cheers,
Ion
Thanks. I don't have loads of ambulances, but the ones I do always seem to be very well employed.
DeleteYou can never have too many.....err...ambulances? ☺
ReplyDeleteI like that modern rules provide incentives for what's valued in "real" warfare (concern for casualties and logistics).
Neil
Yes. Real armies care quite a lot about casevac (well, perhaps not all) and it is a colourful way of both indicating unit reorganisation on the tabletop and adding to the general amount of baggage.
DeleteBeautiful kit Martin, well done
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark. I really need to write some scenarios that let me use lots of these!
DeleteThe QRFs really are showing their age aren't they? I have about 19 ambulances on parade here but think that I might have as many again in boxes. https://notquitemechanised.wordpress.com/2024/01/29/medcon-2024/
ReplyDeleteRegards, Chris.
LOL. The QRF models are very variable, they've had a lot of sculptor over the years and bought stuff in. Some of the French and Italian vehicles I bought were lovely, but other stuff is a bit clunky at times, although workman like. One of the most puzzling is the Cromwell, which is a nice model, but the road wheels are completely wrong. Lots of mud on the running gear to cover it up!
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