20mm Argentine 105mm Recoilless Rifle Part 1

The start of the 105mm Recoilless Rifle for my 20mm Argentinians. As regulars know my force is being built around the defence of Mount Longdon so that's the look I'm after. It'll be a single base with 4 man crew featuring a Sanger type structure that the weapon was situated in on the feature. Here's some pics. This is a preserved example of the weapon.

Some period photos

The pic below is on Longdon in 1983, the year after the war

The exact weapon, Argentina's Model 1968 RCL, isn't available so I picked up a Sgt's Mess 105mm RCL and an Under Fire Miniatures Wombat to cut up and convert.

The bits I'm working with

I ended up using the Sgt's Mess 105mm barrel and the wheeled carriage from the wombat, I had to add slightly larger wheels and increase the width of the carriage.

For the barrel I added a Venturi and thickened the barrel up at the rear with a bit miliput, a small piece of plastruct was added to the muzzle as well.

I've also started work on a 4 man crew using Liberation Miniatures, I wanted a guy holding a shell so small conversion after getting the shell dimensions is underway.

Next up will be the ammunition, shells, packing tubes and cases.

Dougie

28mm Afghan Civilians

4 more Afghan civilians Eureka Miniatures.

20mm Argentine Super Bazooka Teams

To finalise my Argentine Support Squad 2 Super Bazooka teams. These are new models recently produced by Rolf at Liberation Miniatures.

20mm Falklands Wildlife/LOS Blockers

Just to add some colour to the table. When you think of Falklands wildlife you think of two things. Firstly Sheep. They tend to be a bit scruffy and dirty.

 After a visit to a model railway shop Model Scene OO gauge Ship and Lambs, however they appeared very thin and 2 dimensional so some milliput fattened them up.

Repainted to look scruffy and based.

Secondly Penguins

The same shop also had some very nice birds from Preiser

 All I had to do was base them!

A little of the old table dressing always helps !
Dougie

20mm Falklands Out Building/Shelter

A small addition to Falklands terrain, shelter containing a trailer. Helps to break up the LOS!
The shelter is the old Wills Cycle rack and the trailer is an Oxford die cast repainted.
Dougie

20mm Argentine Cobra AT Missile Team Part 2

The team finished.

20mm Argentine Cobra AT Missile Team Part 1

The Argentinians deployed this system on Longdon and a little research brought the basics, there isn't an exact model for the system, however the Soviet Sagger system is very similar. I decided to base the model on a Sagger which is available from a number of manufacturers and I had an Under Fire Miniatures pack from their Syrian range in my stash.
Here's a photo from Longdon showing the missile

The control system also appears to be very similar to Sagger with the operator guiding the missile to its target with a joystick, this is a pick of the Sagger control box.

 The Syrian crew that come with the pack weren't suitable so I checked out my Liberation box and found suitable figures for the 2 man crew.

The prone guys arms needed a little alteration with the joints sorted with green stuff.

That's were we are so far, I'll be putting the team on 3 bases, the missile, the prone operator and the pointing assistant.
Dougie