28mm Bolt Action Jungle

 So instead of buying the regular jungle towers (Sarrisa 4 ground etc.) I decided to build one out of the remaining bamboo skewers.

This is for our Pacific game  see our full video by clicking here...

So i first took a small box (from I phone ear phones) and hot glued the cut skewers onto it. Then took some balsa wood and made a roof and covered it in bristles from an old paint brush. I used earth magnets to hold the roof in place. Painted and washed the whole thing.

I added in a oil can and placed inside a heavy mg.with a couple of sandbags made from green stuff.

I think it look more authentic than the really perfect square mdf pre cut mdf ones. The base is also attached using earth magnets.

I added twine (thread) around the tower base areas to simulated rope bindings. 

See also our previous Tarawa  / Pacific posts.

 

Tarawa 28mm

28mm Beach Obstacles - Tarawa 

After looking at our test game - I went back and re-covered the palm trees again with another wash to dull them down and added more grass to some of the features,  then added some more blue to the sea "shell" explosions. Its getting better.

One of the other things I had also found from more online research was that the Japanese used a "horned scully" which was basically an anti landing device...it  was a mound of concrete and coral with iron beams sticking out. Some were encased in palm tree trunks.  

So just to add a little to the beach detail  I did some of these....

So I started with some bamboo skewers and starting cutting them up... 

This type had a cradle around it. So i mounted them onto clear plastic bases.

Grab it glue mixed with paint, cork and plastic girders

I might use half of these in the water... so out will come the grab-it adhesive and paint again!

                                                    Guy carrying USMC is just for scale.

Air Support

We also thought that for this game we would use some air support...so we (actually Joe) built a 1.72 scale US Dauntless for some air cover. It was then mounted on a base with an telescopic mount on the bottom.  It actually turned out really cool and will feature as USMC beach support.  

The white number10 appears on the photos of the planes used at Tarawa.

The magnet holding the plane to the stand can be adjusted - to make it look like its pulling up after dropping bombs on the enemy.

Now that's low level flying!