VBCW POLICE (2)

Faced with this unexpectedly heavy police presence, the Herefordshire Scallywags paused their armoured forces, recognising that the original plan of "scoot down the main road, beat up the village, then head off for some beers and a singsong" might now have become slightly outdated:

The Scallywags armoured might - at bay.

But it was already too late.....the Herefordshire Constabulary opened up with every heavy weapon to hand (and there were a lot of them) - with inevitable results:

The Scallywags armoured might - burning furiously.

Enemy armour eliminated, Chief Constable Recurrin-Lockdowne ordered his forces, at long last, "forward to victory!":

Police advance - in the background, the HMG armed Rolls-Royce pursuit cars
 of the "Armoured Section (Light)" speed into action.

Gamers Notes

(1) Most of the constabulary figures are plastic Lledo figures (obtained in a cheap joblot from Ebay) armed with metal rifles or Lewis LMGs (available from Colonel Bills). The HQ section (not seen) come from a variety of the usual 28mm manufacturers. The police heavy armour is all based on the "Shoddy Tank" chassis (see blogposts passim), with the addition either of turrets from cheap Revell 1/48 kits or of converted soft plastic "toy soldier" artillery pieces (the "Big Gun"). All of the 'Scallywag' armour was again based on "Shoddy Tanks", this time with minimal conversion (add wire aerials, chop one of the barrels off and argue that 'offset barrels' were quite the thing in the VBCW - actually hardly noticeable as per the photos) and Perry Miniatures tank commanders. The remaining police forces came from Corgi (Rolls Royce Armoured Cars), Matchbox Yesteryear (Rolls Royce Cars converted into HMG carrying 'Pursuit Cars') Matchbox (AT guns, barrels converted) Lledo (trucks, not seen) and Dinky. AT gunners and seated truck passengers all originally came from the Redoubt 28mm Victoriana range, whether "Colonials" or "Home Service" types, again picked up as a cheap Ebay joblot.

(2). All of the terrain, tea and photographs provided by Umpire Roo, to whom many thanks. The village was entirely made from HO/OO scale card (Superquick), which looked fantastic and 'just the job' provided (probably) there was no attempt to mix it with 1/56 scale buildings. Reports are that, apart from 'some fiddly bits', they are indeed quick to build. A special thanks for the photos - characteristically VBCW-ish conduct for Roo happily to volunteer photos of his own tank force "brewing up"...