"Kampfgruppe Heller - Poland, Battle 15" Topic
6 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please avoid recent politics on the forums.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Solo Wargamers Message Board Back to the Campaign Message Board Back to the Blogs of War Message Board Back to the 6mm WWII Message Board Back to the WWII Battle Reports Message Board
Areas of InterestGeneral
World War Two on the Land
World War Two at Sea
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Featured Showcase Article Infiltrate a WWII German base with these agents of SABRE!
Featured Workbench Article Mal Wright  experiments to find a better way to mount aircraft for wargaming.
Featured Profile Article The final installment of our ReaperCon report.
|
| Whirlwind | 09 Jan 2025 3:24 a.m. PST |
Please see link for the next action in the refight of Just Jack's KG von Klink campaign in Poland; here, German recce forces again try and overwhelm a Polish force.
|
Mark 1  | 21 Jan 2025 11:03 a.m. PST |
Very much enjoyed the whole set. I does love me some 6mm WW2 battlefield reports! With tastey pictures too. Many thanks for posting it all. A question burns in my interest -- I have looked at the close-up pic you chose to post here (second image in this particular AAR), and observe that the German motorcycle troops are mounted 2-to-a-motorcyle (in addition to the side-car). If I have that observation correctly, can you please tell me what vendor provides these two-to-a-motorcycle troops? I have not found any in my searching … -Mark
(aka: Mk 1) |
| Whirlwind | 21 Jan 2025 12:33 p.m. PST |
Thanks Mark, very much appreciated! The motorcyclists are from Baccus: link
I think Peter will swap out the Kubelwagen's for extra bikes if you request. |
| Mark 1 | 26 Jan 2025 11:45 a.m. PST |
A bit slow in my reply, but thanks for the pointer, Ww. As you have direct experience with those figures (presuming they were in your collection at gametime), can you tell me if the side-cars are provided separately, to be added to the cycles, or cast together with the cycles. My questions come from the long-term (as in decades now) interest I have in building an Italian motorcycle-mounted force. The Italians made relatively broad use of motorcycles in their reconnaissance units, within their "auto transportable" infantry divisions, within their "fast (ie: cavalry)" divisions, and in their "Bersaglieri" units. But side-cars were rare in the Italian forces. Most often, motorcycle troops were mounted 2 per cycle. I have looked for a long time to try to find (or figure out how to kit-bash) tandem riders on motorcycles at 6mm, with no success to date. Hence my interest in the figures you have shown. Of course they (the Italians) also made reasonably wide use of "Trialce" tricycles. But given the lower numbers of tricycles compared to tandem motorcycles, I can perhaps kit bash up a few if I feel I really need them. Anyways, thanks for the pointer. -Mark
(aka: Mk 1) |
| Whirlwind | 27 Jan 2025 4:29 a.m. PST |
Hi Mark, The cycles and the sidecars are cast separately. |
| Mark 1 | 27 Jan 2025 9:47 a.m. PST |
Ww: Thanks! Sounds like I should be grabbing some up and giving it a go. Avanti! |
|
