Because why not? Jagdtiger enters the fray.

 Being unmotivated to paint lately, I'm doing up a bunch of random 15mm stuff because it's the only thing I "feel" like painting at the moment.  It helps clear out some space on my hobby shelf as well.  A Zvezda Jagdtiger, the heaviest armoured fighting vehicle of WW2.

I see your pair of SU-152s and I raise you a pair of Elefants...

 A pair of Zvezda Elefants.  15mm as normal.  This includes a re-paint of my previous Elefant.

We out here slangin' HE. (SU-152 content)

I took an old Zvezda SU-152 that I painted a while ago and stripped it down.  I added another new Zvezda one along side it.  I will never use two SU-152's most likely, but they were fun to repaint.

Zvezda 15mm T-70's...opinions included!

I've recently received a few orders from 'The Estonian' (an Estonian eBay shop which sells quite a selection of Zvezda at very fair prices).

I decided to start reducing the pile and I put together three of the new Zvezda 15mm T-70's.  While they're serviceable kits, I can't recommend them - particularly compared to the very nice Battlefront one.  However, as usual, at $3.50 a pop, they're tough to ignore.

The Zvezda models are far more true-scale, which means very very spindly/tiny gun barrels, tracks, machine guns, etc.  The pins/guides for assembling are very small, and I suspect as the molds age, this kit will get worse and worse.  It's also, unfortunately, a lot of pieces...for no real reason.

Am I happy having three more painted T-70s?  Sure.  But it was not a pleasant build and I highly suspect I'll be replacing snapped barrels sooner rather than later.  The Battlefront kit is simpler and more robust (admittedly some details are exaggerated, but for game play...I find this an acceptable trade off.).

Enough rambling, tanks!

15mm Inventory

Needed to start re-organizing my RUBs for Battlegroup in 15mm.  Shuffling some stuff and trying to make space for all the new additions.  While doing so, I figured why not take some pictures of the whole collected force.

The full 15mm collection, both Soviets and German Fallschirmjaeger.

The Soviet armour collection (well...most of it)

German Fallschirmjaeger platoons along with their support options, aid station and AT guns.

The German armour pool.

The Soviet self-propelled gun collection with some lend-lease tanks and German spill-over.  To the right, the mass of four Soviet infantry platoons.

The Soviet support options and tractor/truck park.  Endless trucks, halftracks, tractors, scout cars, supply trucks, repair vehicles, siege guns, mortars, MG's, artillery, AT guns, AT rifles, command and scout units, aid stations, etc.

Battlegroup Zvezda blitz.

 I ordered a small stack of Zvezda kits from Hobbylinc and an eBay shop in Estonia.  Just finishing some selections for both my Soviets and the German opfor.

A 222 armored car for reconnaissance.

A Ferdinand/Elephant for Kursk.

Two new KV-2s.  Added some cupolas and stowage and modified the barrels.  These are kits I stripped down and re-did.

Two Opel Blitz, a simple kit - one of the earlier Zvezda kits.

Three Panther D's for Kursk.  The box and the box art indicate these are Panther G's...and they're absolutely not.  They're model D's, the first service Panther model.

Some new Zvezda Su-122s - compared to the kit-bashed ones I made from the Axis & Allies miniatures game (back).

The three new Su-122s with one kit-bashed for an officer.

Three Zvezda T-60's.  These are an older Zvezda kit so they're pretty minimal, but they're also quite small...possibly a little too small.  I'll probably still use them.

Tiger II - 15mm Zvezda

 Another kit I likely won't use often, but I was filling up a shopping cart to benefit from better shipping.  A Zvezda 15mm Tiger II.  I'd have rather picked up a normal Tiger or a Panther, but this was all that was in stock along with the Jagdpanther.

Nice little kit.