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Sunday, 10 September 2017

Saint-a-Mont

This is the finished version of my converted Airfix La-Haye-Sainte model. The building has been cut down in size to give a smaller footprint than Hougo-Sainte although it has been mounted on the same A4 sized base.

The view from the main gate. I gave this model terracotta tiles
rather than grey as these are fitted to the real restored
Hougoumont buildings I visited earlier this year. Not that this
is supposed to represent Hougomont as such.
Aerial view to show the layout. Note the 'impossible to exit
with a farm cart building' (bottom right). The farmer may
have to disassemble his cart everytime he needs to use it.

Gneisenau calmly directs the defence of the farm. He is
confident that even C grade Landwehr can defend the place
as he has a copy of Muskets & Marshals version 6 in his hand.
Achtung, hier kommen die frosche!

I’ve enjoyed making and painting these models and now I just have the village base left to complete.
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19 comments:

  1. Mark Dudley10 September 2017 at 15:43

    Another excellent building. I must get myself one of the Airfix kits.

    I see that Gneisenau has M+M 6. Does that mean that the new version is ready ?

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  2. Stryker10 September 2017 at 15:46

    Hi Mark - M&M6 is not quite ready yet as there is some play-testing to be done. The changes are mostly to do with melee which needs some refining.

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  3. MSFoy10 September 2017 at 16:55

    "...even C Grade Landwehr..." - just a minute, I recall these are the most formidable soldiers I ever saw on a tabletop!

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  4. lewisgunner10 September 2017 at 17:10

    Are we to expect Plancenoit?
    Will younextend from awaterloo...some Spanish timeshare perhapsvorva Tyrolean gasthof?
    Roy

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  5. Anonymous10 September 2017 at 17:25

    Great looking building

    Paul

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  6. Stryker10 September 2017 at 18:03

    Tony - actually you do have a point, back to the drawing board I guess...

    Roy - no plans to extend beyond Belgium but Plance-not is in the pipeline!

    Cheers Paul!

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  7. Lee10 September 2017 at 18:49

    Very nice Ian, I'm so glad you re-introduced me to the old Airfix buildings range, I'm sure one could be adapted for the ECW period :)

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  8. Matt10 September 2017 at 20:40

    How about Quarter Bras?

    Nothing to do with wargaming I just wanted to be smutty!

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  9. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com10 September 2017 at 22:15

    Couldn't the farm cart come in and out of the big barn doors on the exterior? No need to drag it through the courtyard surely.

    In any event a splendid addition, just different enough.

    Are you sure the other place isn't Plancenoix named after the nutty pastry they serve with coffee and the inn?

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  10. Conrad Kinch11 September 2017 at 08:36

    Great stuff. I think they re released this recently.

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  11. Wellington Man11 September 2017 at 08:47

    Given the tendency of Airfix buildings to spontaneously spring apart I'm surprised you didn't call it Popalotte, Ian.

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  12. Stryker11 September 2017 at 09:23

    Thanks for the comments chaps!

    Ross - you have a point there about the barn door, why didn't farmer Jaques think of that?

    WM - I used polystyrene cement rather than superglue and it went together like a dream!

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  13. caveadsum147111 September 2017 at 10:04

    Nice conversion of great little model.
    Best Iain

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  14. Stryker11 September 2017 at 10:52

    Thanks Iain!

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  15. the Archduke11 September 2017 at 16:26

    I share with Mr Foy total confidence in the ability of that Landwehr to hold off anything while they still had ammunition.

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  16. Stryker11 September 2017 at 16:41

    Nigel - you are of course right, no rule amendements required!

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  17. mojoworking11 September 2017 at 17:35

    Love the idea of BUAs on A4 bases , been thinking of making all terrain modules with this as standard, anybody got experience of this?

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  18. lewisgunner11 September 2017 at 18:39

    Aha Archduke , Look at the buttons on their coats...there's another eight shots there.

    Roy

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  19. the Archduke13 September 2017 at 09:51

    Brilliant, LG.

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