I've been working on the Rail Road....

"I love the smell of Laser Burnt MDF in the morning, it smells of gaming". Ok that's a pretty muddled paraphrasing of Col Kilgore but it is an accurate description of the scent in the Lair as I've been assembling a lot of Sarissa Precsision 28mm rail road kits.

Sarissa has a large selection of rolling stock and the models are very fun to put together.*. The first picture shows the assembled Pannier Engine and freight cars set.  The set is a great deal and I highly recommend it.  I tossed in a 28mm Perry DAK officer figure for scale.

 If there are trains, then there must be some track, so I picked up a few track packs from Sarissa also.  They are very simply to put together but one tip is to paint the rails and ties BEFORE assembling the tracks.

The completed train - sorry the picture is a little dark

 A dark grey, rust streaked engine and flat car.

The rest of the rolling stock.  Why am I building a 28mm railroad?  Well you may see it in an upcoming LWTV episode....

* Usually Sarissa Precision kits are a joy to put together but one has to be in the right frame of mind - if you're in a rush, well then thing s might go awry.

AHPC IX: Western Themed Buildings

Continuing the real estate-theme of this portion of the Challenge - I now present 8 28mm Western themed buildings.  All of these kits are from Sarissa Precision and are very nice.  There are six Mexican themed buildings (I got the Mexican village pack) and two more general purpose - a large barn and a foundry.

A close up of four of the Mexican themed buildings 2 houses in the back, a small jail (front left) and a catina (front, right).

The jail even has 3 cells!  It's just screaming for a jail break game

The village has a rather large bank.  - too be honest it's a lot larger than the other buildings so will look a little out of place but it's still a nice kit.

A small adobe church

The two more generic buildings are the large barn and a foundry.  I still need to do some detailing on these buildings but I suspect you'll see them at Cold Wars in a American Civil War setting.

There are a "few" more real estate projects for this years Challenge

AHPC IX: More 15mm Napoleonics - French Generals and Limbers, Spanish Artillery and some Sarissa Buildings

Another 15mm painting update

French Generals - the figures are from Old Glory's Blue Moon line and were a lot of fun to paint up.  The larger the base, the higher the command level.  These 9 command stands join another 4 that I purchased pre-painted from GAJO.

Spanish artillery - AB figures and Old Glory guns.

AB figures are simply superb.

6 French Limbers for Old Glory.  Wonderful figures and very cost effective but I really don't like painting limbers.  Got some Austrian Limbers to also paint up.

One of two 15mm scale Sarissa European Buildings.  I highly recommend the kits.

I "need" to get some more!