LEDBURY BUF (4) - TANKS

Storm Leader P.R. Mann's propaganda broadcasts are soon drowned out by the squeal and clatter of tracks. Lots of tracks....

The first of the Mailed Fist Battlegroup's tanks clatter down the Tewkesbury-Ledbury road

The leading tank swings left into an open field. It has its orders....

There seems to be no end to the number of "Elstree Industries" Mk.II cruiser tanks on the road.

Engines idling, the tanks await their commander....

Here he is - commanding a Mk.III Elstree Cruiser with 'extra long barrel'. Possibly a 75mm gun, alternatively a standard 2pdr with drainage downpipe welded on for effect...

Whatever the case, Storm Commander Desmond Dastardly is fond of boasting about his "extremely large cannon" (but less about his binoculars, which need a final paint!)

The Storm Commander at the head of his armoured formation. What can they be waiting for?

28mm VBCW VILLAGES - OF TIN!

Following this post on VBCW Villages, the question arose (somewhat out of order, as usual) - what would be the best way to make a 28mm VBCW village to defend? The answer would seem to be neither resin nor plasticard, but creditably old fashioned tin:

Three novelty tin boxes, shop or house shaped, pre-coloured and tabletop ready. 8cm long, 9cm high, 5cm wide. Different designs front and back for maximum flexibility (and each gable end, too):

Available on Ebay at about £6.00 each, with free P&P. Search "Dana Kubick tin" or check THIS LINK

Six of the tins grouped together make a reasonable sized VBCW village: 

with a small "footprint" suitable for the average sized tabletop. Further Ebay searches on the theme of "tin houses" or "tin shops" turn up some further, slightly larger (and usually slightly more expensive), VBCW gems:

Above, next to a Dana Kubick tin, a 1930s station tin. Below, and very necessary for the VBCW, the same 1930s station with a 1930s pub:

and the same station and pub with a thatched farmer's cottage:

Now to establish how they look with 28mm figures. A BUF patrol with a Lledo "command car" incautiously ignores the pub on their search for Communists:

while the same patrol then passes through "the village":

Excellent value for a small investment - a robust, space saving,  pre-painted VBCW Village to defend!