Happy Tanktober!!!

Strumtiger pondered by U.S. troops

Strumtiger on Mini afv link HERE

It's my favorite time of year and Tanktober only makes it better. So I'll use this post to insert photos of some of my favorite tanks and links to some of my favorite sites, plus some current info that I'm looking at while I build my armies.  Thank Patton for Tanktober!

Tanktoberists Sites
The Originator - Dux Homunculorum: http://dux-homunculorum.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/tanktober.html
The Man Cave: http://tasmancave.blogspot.com/

My first love was a Sherman much like This Black Magic. That Sherman was near the Zoo in Lincohn, Nebraska & it stole my heart when I was around 6 years old

 My next infatuation was with the impressive Tiger I

The Soviet's T-34, considered by many as the greatest tank of WWII

T-28  US Tiger Killer that never saw action

Military History Now Article Here  & T-28 on WIKIPEDEA

The Beast that started it all

 Wikipedia on BRITISH Mark IV(above) &  British HEAVY Tanks of WWI.  Super Documentary about use of Mark version tanks in WW1.

Lincoln-Machine #1 on trials in 1915 & covered up and said to be a water tank

1st tank history HERE on "Tanks Encyclopdia" & the VIDEO about Little Willie
Great VIDEO  on history of tank "Invention of the tank"

A gaggle of Stug's for your enjoyment!

MORE HANDY LINKS  

Painting 15mm fast:

15mm germans fast & dirty:
http://glueinthecarpet.blogspot.com/2014/08/15mm-ww2-german-reinforced-rifle.html
How I painted 15mm soviet infantry:
http://dagamerstable.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-i-painted-my-ww2-15mm-soviet.html
 Painting WWII magazine video review by ModelDads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wWiSvS07q0
Black undercoat method for painting figures:
http://balagan.info/black-undercoat-method-for-painting-wargaming-figures
Squad painter on painting soviets(multiple posts):
http://squadpainter.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html
WWII soviet painting guide by Steven's Balagan***:
http://balagan.info/ww2-painting-guide-russian-infantry
Painting WWII soviet infantry- introduction:
http://ordinarygaming.blogspot.com/2012/03/painting-wwii-soviet-infantry-part-1.html

Basing Dilemma

 My basic Basing dilemma


Purchases:

25mm Magnetic Bases (25count) by GaleForce Nine Magnetic Gaming Aids

Citadels Mixed Base Pack 1 (28 count) containing 20 32mm round bases, 5x 75mmx46mm oval bases, and 3x 50mm round bases

Various Zinc Washers from Home Depot, including sizes #10(1/2"round), 1-1/4" round, 1-1/2"round and various other sizes
Another ref.: HERE here 

• Bill Werks' Blog on Washer Bases HERE ,Another BLOG about gluing washer to bottom of Gameworks base     

J-B Weld : for filing in the holes on washers.

RUST-OLEUM Aluminum Primer

Blogs on Washer Bases. Searched by: wargaming with zinc washer bases
http://gaming.thecasavants.com/Minis/bases.htm#Steel_Bases
 Basing on Fender washers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4HHlBX7YM

Magnetic Bases:
 Site selling them @Wargameaccessories.com     

Progress Report from the Future; Thankgiving Holiday Paint Feast. "Raw"

Color schemes November 2015

* stuck on german helmet color after all this time
* Bought wet look gloss and used it before could return.

GERMAN:

Helmets:   995(GermanGrey)[Lightened 2:1 995/836] ,  CamoCover 967(Olive green)  also   {recommended}979(Ger.Cam.DarkGreen) Kreig says Reflective green VMC890 w/bit of black

Rifles:
Metal =
Rifle Wood = VMC 70.875 Beige Brown

M-31 canteen WWII (mine 967 olive green) also use 894

Shove top: used

Feed bag:  874 us tan earth



SOVIET:

Helmet:  V894(Cam. Olive Green previously known as Russian green)

Rifles:
Metal =
Rifle Wood = VMC 70.875 Beige Brown

Belts:  ? V822(Cam.BlackBrown) /    {recomended}871(LeatherBrown) 1:1 with 825(Camo pale Viol Brown

Boots:  V822(Cam.BlackBrown) may be mixed with 950(Black)

Shove top: used  V894

bed roll:  V874 us tan earth

Feed bag: V884 stongrey

painting vallejo German helmet color WWII

11/23/2015 Painting Figures Notes

#01 1- 1/72 Soviet {britishParatrooper as soviet} Airfix  tossing grenade / paint mix RAL 7028(vallejo primer)- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over w/V880

#02  !!needes touch-up on flesh & Much More!!   2- 15mm Soviet PCS  (1A  Male medic Marching w/helmet)(2A  Female medic standing) / paint mix 5:1 MA middlestone&white Airbrushed- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#04   !!needes  BASING!!!  2- 15mm German PCS (1A Standing rifleman firing w/helmet) (2A SMG w/cap tossing grenade) / paint mix VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Good example of VMA Light GreyGreen with Army Painter strong shade    #04 = GERMAN FIGURE PAINT SAMPLE 

#05   !!needes tunic bruch over,Helmet & Lots touch-up + Dulling!!  1- 15mm German PCS Standing SMG w/helmet tossing grenade / paint mix VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Pants brushed over VMC 836 London Grey, Looks like this was overdone on Army Painter shading

#06   !!needes tunic bruch over,Helmet & Lots touch-up!!   1- 15mm German PCS Medic marching w/helmet / paint mix ? POSSIBLE VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air], Looks like too heavy army painter tone, Pants overpainted VMC London Grey.


#08 1/72 Soviet PSC tossing grenade / paint mix MiddleStone 5:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over {Russ. mix C}

#10  1- 15mm Soviet PCS  Standing firing rifle w/cap / / paint mix MiddleStone 5:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over(?English uniform?)

#11  !!needes flesh drybrushed!!  2- 1/72 Soviet, PSC(1A) & Zvezda (1A  female medic in place) & (2A Zvezda Running Soviet)  / paint mix Tamiya spay can Dark Yellow- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over [russ. Mix D]

#12  !!needes flesh drybrushed & Black retouch!!  2- 15mm Soviet PSC (1A  NCO w/pistol capped kneeling pointing) & (2A NCO w/pistol helmeted kneeling pointing)  / paint mix 5:1 MA middlestone&white Airbrushed- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#13 !!needes flesh drybrushed!! 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC Standing firing rifle / paint mix MiddleStone 4:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over

#14  1- 1/72 German PCS (1A advancing w/Rifle) & (2A medic advancing) / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]

#18 2-1/72 German PCS (1A advancing w/Rifle) & (2A machine gunner firing) / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 100% [airbushed Model Air]

#19 #22  1- 1/72 German Revell machine gunner marching forward w/smock / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]

#20  2- 1/72 German PCS (1A advancing w/Rifle) & (2A medic advancing) / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 5:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]  Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"   (1A pants sea grey)  (2A germanUniform pants)

#22  1- 1/72 German PCS machine gunner marching forward / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]

#23 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC Standing machine gunner firing / paint mix MiddleStone 4:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over

#24 2- 1/72 Soviet PSC  (1A Prone Machine gunner w/cap shooting)(2A advancing w/Rifle) / paint mix MiddleStone 5:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#25 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC Standing firing rifle / paint mix MiddleStone 4:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over

#26 1- 1/72 Soviet Revell   Prone rifle gunner shooting) / paint mix( middlestone(?5:1?) - Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over


#29 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC advancing w/Rifle / paint mix RAL 7028(vallejo primer)- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over


#101  4- 15mm German PCS (1A Capped marching forward w/rifle)(2A rapid advancing w/Rifle) & (3A Standing machine gunner firing) / paint mix ?tamiya fieldgrey spay can) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#102  3- 15mm German PCS (1A Machine gunner arm up marching forward )(2A soldier w/Machine gun ammo) & (3A Standing soldier tossing gernade) / paint mix tamiya fieldgrey spay can) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#103  3- 15mm Soviet PCS (1A Standing firing rifle w/hemet )(2A Standing firing rifle w/cap) & (3A Standing firing rifle w/hemet) / paint mix ?tamiya dark yellow spay can?) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#104  1- 15mm Soviet PCS  Standing firing rifle w/cap / paint mix ?unknown) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#105 !!needes touch-up & More Dulling!!   6- 15mm German PCS (1A Soldier Squatting & Raising rifle)(2A Standing machine gunner firing) & (3A Capped Kneeling arm out stretched)(4A LMG gunner arm up marching forward)(5A Soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo)(6A Standing soldier tossing grenade)  / paint mix (?tamiya fieldgrey spay can) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#106 !!needes touch-up on guns & More Dulling!!   6- 15mm German PCS (1A Kneeling rifleman shooting w/helmet)(2A Standing rifleman firing w/cap) & (3A Standing rifleman firing w/hemet)(4A Rifleman advancing while shooting w/helmet)(5A Standing soldier w/cap tossing grenade) (6A Wounded Blond soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo)  / paint mix (?tamiya fieldgrey spay can? may be airbrushed light grey green(MA)) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#107  !!needes touch-up on flesh & Straps!!   2- 15mm Soviet PCS  (1A  Male medic Marching w/helmet)(2A  Female medic standing) / paint mix Tamiya TS-3 Dark Yellow spray Can,  Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Over brushed with Brushed over with mix of VallejoMC English Uniform 70.921 in a unkown mix of  VMC921 3:1:1:1

#108  !!needes touch-up onHelmet, Boots & Straps!!   2- 15mm Soviet PCS  (1A  Standing SMG w/helmet tossing grenade)(2A  Standing SMG w/cap tossing grenade)(3A Kneeling SMG shooting w/cap)(4A Kneeling SMG shooting w/helmet) / paint mix Tamiya TS-3 Dark Yellow spray Can,  Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" No Over brush! Good example of Tamiya TS-3 spray can with Army Painter Strong Tone brushed on

#109   !!needes  BASING!!!  2- 15mm German PCS (1A Advancing rifleman  w/cap) (2A Medic marching w/helmet) / paint mix ? Possible VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Good example of VMA Light GreyGreen with Army Painter strong shade

#109   !!needes Helmet,Boots&canteen!!!  1- 15mm German PCS  Advancing rifleman  w/helmet)  / paint mix ? Possible VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Good example of VMA Light GreyGreen with Army Painter strong shade




PSC Soldier Ref.
Capped marching forward w/rifle
Standing SMG gunner firing
rapid advancing w/Rifle
Standing rifleman firing w/hemet
Standing rifleman firing w/cap
Kneeling rifleman shooting w/helmet
Kneeling SMG shooting w/helmet
Kneeling SMG shooting w/cap
SMG gunner arm up marching forward
Standing SMG w/helmet tossing grenade
Standing SMG w/cap tossing grenade
Rifleman advancing while shooting w/helmet
Capped Kneeling w/SMG arm out stretched
NCO w/pistol capped kneeling pointing
Male medic marching w/helmet
Female medic standing
Soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo
Wounded blonde soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo
Soldier squatting & raising rifle

Washers for Bases
1) Fill holes with "JB Weld" two part epoxy on wax paper
2) Cut way JB flash after day of drying & sand flat if needed after has dried for several days
3) Prime washers with

LINKS:
Kriegs corner on 15mm outfited soldiers of WWII in Vallejo colors *****
http://ritterkrieg.blogspot.ca/2013/02/recommended-colors.html

Michigan Toy Soldier Co Referance site to WWII German Uniform
http://michtoy-from-the-front.blogspot.com/2014/05/uniform-painting-reference-material.html

WWII Troop colors
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?21588-Helpful-table-of-uniform-colors%28Vallejo%29-for-WWII-Dust

 TT ref. sites:
http://tanktaco.blogspot.com/2013/07/basic-german-wehrmacht-uniform-wwii-era.html

http://tanktaco.blogspot.com/2013/07/basic-soviet-infrantry-uniform-wwii-era.html

http://tanktaco.blogspot.com/2013/01/vallejo-model-color-inventory-info.html

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=97523

ISSUES & PROBLEM SOLVING

() Issue dry brushing over Army painter glossiness. No tooth on surface to hold paint during dry brush which caused paint to smear around and wipe off areas

() ? look-up using satin/luster spray for better drybrushing. Has tooth for paint to hold.

Plastic Soldier Co. 15mm(1/100)WWII Russian Infantry Heavy Weapons

Comments: Gift

History:

Reviews:

Samples:

German Heavy Weapon @ Tank Taco HERE



Using Heavy weapon w/ BGK & Basing Discussion_Guild:  http://www.guildwargamers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=26401

Progress:

PRODUCT REVIEWS
Product:

Pro's:

Con's:

Conclusion:

Recommendations:

Plastic Soldier Co. 15mm(1/100)WWII Russian 45mm Anti Tank Gun

Comments: Gift

History:

Reviews:

Samples:

Scroll to find samples HERE @ Fjodins 15mm world


Using Heavy weapon w/ BGK & Basing Discussion_Guild:  http://www.guildwargamers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=26401


Progress:

PRODUCT REVIEWS
Product:

Pro's:

Con's:

Conclusion:

Recommendations:

Zvezda 1/72nd WWII Soviet Regular Infantry 1941-1942

Comments:

History:

Reviews: PSR= REVIEW,

Samples:

Progress: Washed

PRODUCT REVIEWS
Product:

Pro's:

Con's:

Conclusion:

Revell 1/72 WWII German Engineers

Comments:

History:

Reviews: PSR= REVIEW,  Military Modeling REVIEW.


Reference Images:

Samples:

Progress:  Washed

PRODUCT REVIEWS
Product:

Pro's:

Con's:

Conclusion:

$1 Purchases

Stopped By local Game store for some bases, and picked up a few items from the dollar box

1/258 WWII Russian Individual Infantry: part of GHQ's  "WWII Micro Armour Series".
Example HERE  & GHQ's Home page = http://www.ghqmodels.com/

25mm Nova Corp:Sgt 80010. From the "Chronoscope Bones" series by Reaper. EXAMPLE

25mm Ardoc Brother 60151. Sculpted by B Jackson for The "Pathfinder Miniatures" Series by Reaper. EXAMPLE

August 3rd History

August 2nd History on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_3Wikipedea

Special Happy Birthday goes out to:


Major Events August 3rd 


1914 : World War I: Germany declares war against France.



Battles on August 3rd in history 
8 BC : Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bathinus.
881 :  Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
1645 : Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.








WWII 
Timeline of WWII  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II

8/3/1940: The USSR formally annexes Lithuania.

8/1-4/1940: Operation Hurry, the first of the Malta Convoys, is accomplished.

8/3/1941:

8/3/1943:

8/3/1945:

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August 2nd History

August 2nd History on Wikipedea

Special Happy Birthday goes out to:
*1932 – Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor (d. 2013)
**1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor and singer 

Major Events August 2nd  
1610: Henry Hudson sails into Hudson Bay   
1776 :  The Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took Place.        
1876 :  Wild Bill Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)  When shot, Hickok was playing five card draw, and was holding a pair of aces and a pair of eights, known as the Dead man's hand.      
1934 :   Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer Of Germany follwing the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.    
1937: The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 (INFO) is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.      

1939 :  Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.       
1943 :   World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.
 1945 : World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.  
 1964 :  Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident: North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyer USS Maddox.   
 1985 : Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.   
 1990 : Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.    

Battles on August 2nd in history 

 Battle of Chaeronea: 338BC (INFO)   A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
 The 2nd Punic War: 216 BC  (INFO) : Battle of Cannae (INFO) :  The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.
1897 : Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states adjacent to India's North West Frontier Province. 

WWII 
Timeline of WWII  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II

8/2/1940: 2: General Charles de Gaulle sentenced to death in absentia by a French military court.
: The USSR annexes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.

8/1-4/1940: 1-4: Operation Hurry, the first of the Malta Convoys, is accomplished.

8/2/1941:  2: All civilian radios in Norway confiscated by the German occupation.^[1]
: SS Commander Hans Krueger (alternative spelling, Hans Krüger) orders the registration of hundreds of Jewish and Polish intelligentsia in Stanisławów, who are subsequently tortured and murdered. This is the first implementation of the "one bullet one Jew" method in Galicia.^[5] 

8/2/1943:  2: 2,897 Romani are gassed when their camp at Auschwitz is liquidated.^[1]
: John F. Kennedy's PT-109 is rammed in two and sunk off the Solomon Islands. 

8/2/1945: 2: End of the Potsdam Conference: Issues such as the expulsion of Germans from the eastern quarter of Germany and elsewhere in eastern Europe are mandated in the Potsdam Agreement.   

II

August 1st History

August 1st History on Wikipedea.

Special Happy Birthday goes out to:
Claudius 10BC (Wikipedia) & Jerry Garcia (Wikipedea)

Battles on August 1st in history
30BC: 30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
69AD: 69 – Batavian rebellion: (Wikipedea)The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
1664: 1664 – Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
1759: Battle of Minden    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Minden
1798: Battle of the Nile   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile
1801: 1801 – First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
1894: 1894 – The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
1914: 1914 – The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
1927: 1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
1940: Battle of Britain   (continues) Wikipedea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain   Info http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0023.html
1946: Battle of Athens     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_%281946%29

WWII
Timeline of WWII  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II
8/1/1940: 1: Hitler sets 15 September as the date for Operation Sea Lion, the invasion of Britain.
: Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov reaffirms Molotov-Ribbentrop pact in the Soviet Supreme while verbally attacking both Britain and the USA. He also asserts that the boundaries of Soviet Union are moved to the shores of the Baltic Sea.
: The Italian Royal Navy establishes its BETASOM submarine base in Bordeaux and joins the "Battle of the Atlantic."
8/1-4/1940: 1-4: Operation Hurry, the first of the Malta Convoys, is accomplished.
8/1-10/1940: Battle of Britain (continues)

8/1/1941: 1: The US announces an oil embargo against "aggressors."
: Japanese occupy Saigon, Vietnam.
: The Germans declare Galicia as the fifth district of the Generalgouvernement.^[5]

8/1/1942: 1: The Germans continue their successful advance toward Stalingrad.

8/1/1943: 1: Operation Tidal Wave: Oil refineries at Ploiești, Romania, are bombed by U.S. IX Bomber Command.^[1][3]
: Japan declares independence for the State of Burma under Ba Maw.

8/1/1944: 1: The Second Warsaw Uprising, this time by the Polish Home Army, begins: the Polish people rise up, expecting aid from the approaching Soviet Union armies, but it never comes.
: The Red Army isolates the Baltic States from East Prussia by taking Kaunas.
: The Americans complete the capture of the island of Tinian.

8/1/1945: 1: Ukrainian insurgents attack the police station in Baligrod, Poland. Polish soldiers defend the station, driving off the attackers, who torch several houses as they retreat

II

July 31st History

July 31st History

July 31st History - wikipedea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_31

3rd Battle of Ypres:
history channel: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-battle-of-ypres-begins-in-flanders
Battle of Alexandria (30 BC) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alexandria_%2830_BC%29
Battle of Passchendaele OR 3rd Battle of Ypres (WW-One Wikipedea):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele
The Battle of Britain (7/25-7/31/194): http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0022.html 

This Day in History in WWII according to Wikipedea:

1940: July 31: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS general Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question."
: The Japanese naval ministry accuses the United States of intruding into their territorial waters at Sukumo Bay, and then fleeing. No evidence is offered to prove this allegation.^{[citation needed]}
: Lewis B. Hershey succeeds Clarence Dykstra as Director of the Selective Service System in the United States.

1945: July 31: U.S. conducts air attacks on the cities of Kobe and Nagoya in Japan.

These Are The Days 7/31 - 8/4

This is always the special days circa opposite Xmas.Vacation and More

Painting Videos
Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy (posts)
Like very much. Most are for 28mm, however there are some 15mm tutorials. Also use of Vallejo on most videos

Painting tech: Materials & Getting Started:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3SZtvI6XiM

Little Germans: Painting 15mm Panzergrenadiere ****: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c747dHshE38

Hear, heer: Painting a WWII German soldier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVHWlPPSos

Panzer Los: Painting a 15mm Panzer IV ausf J: (15MM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRCBBmhynU

Big Game Hunting: Painting a WWII German Tiger Tank (28mm)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jygBjkYNqdU

Fun with Fallschirmjaager - Painting WWII German Camo: splinter pattern
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8l3q1uK2tM

More German Camo: Painting SS pea pattern:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sp7ceA8Fqw

Flak 38 Part 1:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alOB2O65ulg
Flak 38 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mps8mQvySJU

Moscow calling: Painting a WWII Russian Sniper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaHfLOa6m7Y

You're in the army now: Painting a WWII American GI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGmn2uupHOA

We Few, we happy few: Painting US airborne Soldier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdhm6G-rErU

Carthago Delnda est: Painting a Republican-era Roman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhds2ZK4CFI

A perfect 10: Painting 10mm AWI redcoats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfAfbN1v9Us

Technique: Preparing the Model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaLxCkF5fi8

Technique: Painting Faces:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byz-T7mtVUo

Painting Tech: Blending & Layering:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqQdsPlA6OU

Other painting tutorials:

Talk Wargaming: How To Paint Bolt Action Soviet Infantry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hQK9hxknzQ

Talking Wargaming: How To Paint Bolt Action German Infantry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRXvsm6W3U0

Dr Faust's_Painting Bolt Action Soviets WWII Russians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yGbIR6ooko

Artmaster Studio: How to Paint Perry Miniatures Afrika Korps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbV45oT5OdA

Airfix 1:32 Painting on Sprue with oils
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHC1wyBnKUg

How to Paint An Miniature in under 10 Minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9qS8oXBN3k

1/100 German Hetzer painting & weathering w/AMMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5UIYoHqSP0

Tiger Day 2015 (@ Bovington Tank Museum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb1b5i7_TZk

Memorial Day 2015

Well, it's Memorial day and I was hoping to get some work done on some  modeling projects, but regular life got in the way. I was able to take in some war films in a War movie Marathon on Antenna TVwhile working on bills and paper work.

The first film I caught was "Castle Keep"
 I really Liked this film!
INDB info:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064137/

Then I saw just some of "Beach Red"
INDB info:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061389/

I was able to see 3/4 of Anzio
INDB info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062673/

And finally I watched all of "The Bridge at Remagen"

INDB info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064110/

Acrlyic Pumice Gel for Basing and Terrain

 I accidentally bought Vallejo heavy Gel Gloss 26591, and did not know what to do with it. So while searching internet for practical use of gel, I found This VIDEO on this product for basing, and it seemed very interesting. It took me a while to track down this exact product and it seemed expensive at about $16.oo, however it seems that it may save a lot of time and hassle, so I think it may be worth a try

References:
Golden's promo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VFEy95BoXQ
Another Golden's Informational Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-bkNOLPfU

Product @ Blick: http://www.dickblick.com/products/golden-pumice-gel-mediums/

Videos
Happy Hobby Health Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-MZ4Bz70iM

Combat Painter on basing with Pumice Gel:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjXudaPurJ0

FOW Combat Painter:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFVebYoC34g&feature=youtu.be 

Reviews/Blogs/How To's

Rust and the City _Basing w/ golden's Pumice:  http://rustandthecity.blogspot.com/2013/09/fow-basing.html

5 must have for Basing:  http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/53608-5-must-haves-for-basing/

Review: http://www.thehobbykingdom.com/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=7395 

Inexpensive magnetic bases for FOW****:  http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/53608-5-must-haves-for-basing/

Advance on the Terrain Front

I have had this piece of shaped styrofoam from a Omaha Steaks cooler cover lid. I originally shaped it for 1/72nd models, but it should work for 15mm. It is a hill road with 2 mesas on either sides for observation and artillery. After helping my son work on his Diorama(LINK), I  got the itch to finish this piece and try some new techniques while completing this terrain piece.

    There are some issues with this piece.  The worst is the transition to the base which is to steep, but I do not want to make the base any longer for storage issues, so I'll live for now with the un-realistic transitions.

So next I added some sand that I had around to the area that I decided to be the road.  The sand was rather yellow-ish, and I planed to crush it and make it more fine, but in a effort to just move on with the project, I put on the sand when I had a free moment. Using a 50/50 PVA (school white glue) with water I applied the sand. Then I brushed on another 50/50 PVA coar with a brush and aplied more sand and then after everything dried I covered the sand with a another 50/50 pva/water mix, to seal & hold the sand in place. Overall the sand looked good, except the  sand was more coarse than I would of liked, but I already know that when I pressed on with the project.

Next I applied Acylic gel with coarse pumice and a 50/50 mix of Craft paints Mustard Yellow and Dark Beige(Jo-Ann72129 Au Natural) to the vertical areas of the terrain to give it the color of a sandy bluff. This worked out well and looked very nice. I then mixed green and Olive Green into the rest of the mixed pumice gel and brushed it onto the areas that were to have grass added to them, so as to be a base for the grass.

99¢ Aircrafts for BGK

I was at 99¢ store with my son, when I spotted these planes for 99¢. I thought for the price I could use the for airstrikes in BGK, and at 99¢ what did I have to loose. Even though they are the wrong air forces, I can either remark them or just keep them the same remembering that on plane is axis and the other is allied. I think Ill go back and by some more at 99¢!

BGK Sources:
Nice forum Link http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/517507.page
This BGK army list builder looks useful. But How? Click Here  http://gregfarrell.org/builder/bgb.html
Review of BGK HERE  http://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com/2013/05/battlegroup-kursk-bgk-first-game-and.html

The Boy's Earth Day Diorama

My son had the assignment of making a piece of art to represent Earth Day, and he was excited because he could make a diorama. I shaped the base for him and I had him apply the glue and add the ground cover. He picked out and modified the pieces and I glue them on the base. His class mates were very impressed by the final results.

Epoch of my pre-pubescent Hobbing 1974

Quite the title. This was a time when I transitioned from pursuing building models to surfing. Days after this photo I started surfing and gave up modeling for about 23 years.


Models Shown:
∆ Jagpanther
Review of 1/25 model on Modelers Alliance HERE http://www.modelersalliance.com/reviews-and-news/217-kits/507-tamiyas-125th-scale-jagd-panther-first-look-review


TV Memories of that era and earlier and later eras (Enjoy!)
Saturday Morning

HR Pufnstuf  (Sid&Marty Krofft)
#1 The Magic Path:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbG7vvZmCKM
102 The Wheely Bird:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3w65w2xNpU

Land of the Lost  (Sid&Marty Krofft)
#1 " Cha Ka" (1974):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOa2sVws-m4

Lidsville  (Sid&Marty Krofft)
Girl for Hoo Doo:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-3KOKjHvg

Sigmund The Seamonster (Sid&Marty Krofft)
 Holloween : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JkZu8bb7VI

The Bugaloos
Home is our Hassle:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKtO61MWBg

The Lost Saucer
Pilot:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwJlmdgIxyg

The Ghost Buster (Sid & Marty Krofft) 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdPfUYgY6nw

Far Out Space Nuts (Sid&Marty Krofft)
It's all in your mind:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgvYgobd17w

The Kroffts Supershow
Opening Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS_TmRtoO2k

Wonderbug
The not so great race:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqPc2rGO9XU

Magic Mongo (The Krofft Supershow)
The Kissing Bandit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HioCv2wAV20

Doctor Shrinker (The Krofft Supershow)
The Other Brad:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W_ph68w6SM

Electra Woman & Dyna Girl (The Krofft Supershow)
The Empress of Evil:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NKtI8CcoBc
Unaired Pilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPGVQUA6ms

Kaptain Kool & The Kongs 76-77:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFzxvdP--i8

Si Rose Interview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb3HkoTBPjg
The Secrets of Isis
#1:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Zo3UiJkHs
#5:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYVmtkrpEY

Groovie Goolies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBIPjNlKX7I

The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show - 1974: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCKVpIZxC4

The Monkees
Unaired Pilot Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlpCwxfC9L8
Better version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRw304BkMYs
The Wild Monkees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFjK73ro8Qg

More Cartoons to Reference: Josie & The Pussy Cats, Hong Kong Phoey, The Oddball Couple, Chan Clan, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Addams Family, Funky Phantom, Lancelot Link, Gilligan Planet, Jackson 5, Star Trek, Shazam
SATURDAY MORNING TV MEMORIES 1964 - 1976 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVyEPaY9ks

FLASH BACK COMPULATIONS
Saturday Morning Memories 1964-1976:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVyEPaY9ks
Classic '60s & '70's Commercials:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mkr3GureeA
36+ New TV Shows of Fall TV 1963:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzPMO6nWgQ
CBS 1966-67 Fall Preview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks3GmChQWrs
The 16 new shows of ABC fall TV 1966: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwR2IxywaZk
Memories of 1968 - Where were you?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7gHBrJI_ww
NBC 1969-70 TV Fall Promo Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKfm-uDlyDg
23 new shows of fall tv 1969: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ7FYLwvKqQ
28 shows of ABC summer 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCxtfd9_9o
CBS 1968-69 Fall Preview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgsKKTyJ-Uc
ABC Fall Preview 1970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2CogEYLViU 
25 new shows of fall 1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2nilt9b2tw
ABC 1974-75 Fall Preview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deHt8zDzzd8
27 intros to a lot of bad 70's tv shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSQKVr3Dats
19 more Good, bad, & Ugly 70's TV intros(+2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8t9HJ40BY
Fantasy 60's TV lineup 1966-69: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlizNcf0OWw
9 tv sitcoms theme - one season wonders of the 1970's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCP3nxsOSVo
60's Commercials :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWTsFVkrFc
13 Sci-Fi TV Series Failures of the Late 70's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfZerhRy8lc
11 intros to Tacky 80's Sci-Fi's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_87i7FhkIs
18 Short Lived Sitcoms of the 70's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGybFEcLxA&spfreload=10
Strangest TV pilots ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtTuM7RIyA8
The Solarnaughts (1967):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVe-rT4TpJI
Star Trek unaired Version 2nd Plot Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFtc2Ypwzl0
Star Trek unaired Version 2nd Plot RECONSTRUCTED  :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORBGSaBZynw
Childhood Memories, 1960's and 70's:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy4kIO8eptI
20 classic 60s'-70's TV commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcXaR3V38Zw
Vintage TV Adds 50's, 60's & 70's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoXkomJZT40
70's Rare Retro Toy Adds:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-4uQ0z_ok
Memories of 1977 - where were you?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLakMvb1US0
I love 1978: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0fTwiPKz7E
The TV Season that almost Wasn't 1980-81: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3OVae9rDRo
I Love the 80's (1980):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OXwDvqB7c
ABC Fall Promo Reel 1982:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iFq-PMOv-U

58 TV Adds from 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zzRp-jxx0E
22 New shows of Fall TV 1977:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wMAnxfZIJ0
22 New Shows of Fall 1983:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt7hdKty7s0
Awesome 80's TV Adds part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH8au4ckD0Y

The Early 1660's - A Time of Innocence:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-GgFinUhc
The Sixties - Years that shaped a Generation(2hr doc. 2005):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUc2eLe-ruI
Born Dropped out- 12 questions for hippie kids (20min. doc):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIQv1TZhWLA
What The 1960's Did to America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7LJ2Bk0LY


Dinosaurs (circa 1990)
Into [1:04]:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwMKhfHHo20
I'm The Baby, Gotta Love Me (Music Video) [3:20]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y4qnQ0tEUE

Father & Son Hobby Days

 

My son got the itch to work on model I bought him in the summer. With all the free time he has over the Easter holiday, he had no problem pushing me to help him finish model. I also bought him a Revell snap-together police car to work on all by him self.

Presidents Holiday Hand Paint Session, or You can go to war with the army you want

February 14th - 18th
∆ Middle Stone on tank tracks & touch up. Did not have Model Color Middle Stone, so used Model Air and Dunkelgleb surface primer
∆ Painted black on wheels of Trucks, Vehicles, and tracks.  Used heavy diluted black and other mixes.
∆ Paint soviet truck windows.
∆ Paint soviet trucks canvas covers in base coat. One in Khaki the other in Khaki Grey
∆ Dry Brush 15mm & 1/72nd soviets.


References:

This is video that inspired me to thin black paint for painting wheels:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2ZPgRjlfI
Guide on how to paint tank track wheels(search"painting model wheels): http://www.scalemodelguide.com/painting-weathering/painting-guide/paint-rubber-rims-tank-wheels/
Painting windows on 15mm trucks FOW:  http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110&art_id=727
complete paint & weathering of 15mm tank: http://modelbrush.com/videotutorial-tanks-15mm/

Misc:
Airbrush equip review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qnpLk-lukQ

Vallejo Model Wash Purchase & Information

The local hobby shop got some Vallejo Model wash in stock, and once I saw it, it started calling my name.

References:

Vallejo's Page:  http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/en_US/model-wash/family/29

Mig production: http://www.migproductionswebshop.com/

Mig washes on Michigan Toy Soldier Co site:  HERE

Mig site on Washes & filters, the differences & how to:  http://migproductions.com/2010/11/washes-and-filters/ 

AK washes on Michigan Toy Soldier Co site:  HERE

AK interactive weathering Products ON Ichiban Paiting 34 minutes :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJH6LqczUK0

Model dads review of PSC weathering products ( very good review):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBkxbS82dXo

Weathering small scale AFV:   http://www.miniatures.de/painting-weathering-vehicles.html

YouTube tutorial Mig pigments & washes:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATj9lBKHfM

YouTube using Vallejo model washes:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwxlB0aFjJo

YouTube Tutorial - Applying enamel washes:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlzQhDt4TNM

Mig Wash/ Panel line video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUk1P7_hikM

Doctor cranky review of AMMO by Mig Jimenez : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVEvZuLjLdY

Weathering with vallejo Olive drab modulation and weathering kits (lots of handy tips):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ite5PGTGeg 

Washes: Using Oil Washes. by The Wargamers Consortium:  HERE  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2JurVVWLzY

Ultimate Weathering Wash Tutorial  by International Scale Modeller: 37minutes LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--xkm6QSYSE

Basic Inks & Washes Tutorial/ThePaintingClinic:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuTCEzyZ50o
Making Magic wash on the Painting Clinic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR3aIAth5qU

ThePaintingClinic/Begginners Guide... Part 2-Washes & Filters : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Cg2Y31DKA
ThePaintingClinic/Begginners Guide to Building a Plastic Models Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmV_8dkqR28
ThePaintingClinic/Begginners Guide to Building a Plastic Models Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCneTF2Iw7U

How to make washes from inks from AwesomePaintJob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEkMnP6p08I

Missing-Lynx alternative approach to weathering HERE  Author uses Aztek 470 with tan tip, Tamiya paint and 70% alcohol to 30% paint @ 30psi

AK interactive weathering Products ON Ichiban Paiting 34 minutes :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJH6LqczUK0

Airbrushing Preperation list early 2015

This is a list of Items needed to collect for a airbrush session as compiled as of beginning of 2015

AIRBRUSH BASIC SET UP LIST

∆   Air Compressor
∆   Electrical Extension Cord & power strip
∆   Airbrush (Aztek 470)
∆  Airbrush Tips
∆  Various size color cups for airbrush
∆  Airbrush Thinner (Vallejo)
∆  Airbrush Cleaner (Vallejo)
∆  Bottle of Distilled Water
∆  3"n"1 Cleaning Pot
∆  Airbrush Holder (Badger brand) w/ rubber band to hold brush
∆  Small stiff brush:  for cleaning airbrush tip w/ airbrush cleaner
∆  Small glass paint jar filled with airbrush thinner
∆  Small glass paint jar filled with airbrush cleaner
∆  Medium glass paint jar filled with distilled water
∆  seal-able 8oz jar of water / to washand store in water color cups
∆  Can of compressed air / for blowing off models before painting
∆  Paper towels and cotton rags / for clean up and blotters
∆  coffee stir sticks / for mixing paint
∆  Small glass paint jar filled with airbrush thinner
∆  latex gloves
∆  old CD's / for test spraying

version for print out

MLK Tank Taco Airbrush Sessions

I do not know if Martin Luther King would approve of my hobby of creating a German vs Russian hate fest at Kursk in 15mm, but he may approve of the peaceful stress relieving effects the en-devour has on me after a week of fireworks at work.
 January and a Santa Ana was forecast and I was going to make a push on the hobby front

Saturday 1/17/2015
My original idea was to be spraying early (10am), but state worker Friday got in the way.  After a week of strategic sent eMails, I needed to blow off some steam, and a bunch of beers with a co-worker at home got in the way of my prep.  So Saturday morning, I spent prepping multiple models using hot glue techniques to adhere models to sticks that I stab into styrofoam for holding models in place. It was not till about 1:45 that I started spraying. I first started off with priming some 15mm soviets in Vallejo Dunkelgleb Surface Primer. I wanted to do a light spray, however I ended up giving figure a heavy base, that dried fine.   The airbrush worked well, the pressure was around 20-18psi
Next I started on the German AFV's. Originally I wanted to do a mix of 1:1 Vallejo Middlestone to Yellow Ochre, however I spent so much time prepping that I did not to have much day left, so I decided just to go with straight middlestone over primer of dunkelgleb surface primer, which I'm not sure was needed (not sure if there is reason not to treat surface primer like regular Model Air Paint)
   The temperature started dropping fast in my outdoor painting set up and the brush started clogging sporadically while spraying. The brush seem to stop spraying (hard to see when paint is being laid on model) at times, so I started pulling off the tip (i was using grey general purpose tip) and brushing the back of the tip with a brush soaked in airbrush cleaner and then putting tip back on and blowing cleaner thru brush.  However, I think that between the temperature dropping and the air getting much dryer, the Air Brush was clogging easier than usual.  I pushed the session until I finished all the german vehicles in middlestone.


List of Sprayed Items
Below: sprayed with Vallejo Surface Primer/Dunkelgleb RAL 7028  German Dark Yellow
35x PSC 15mm Soviet Infantry on 10 sticks
1x Zvezda 1/72 Soviet mortar team 
Below: sprayed with Vallejo model Air Middlestone 71.031 
 2x Zvezda 15mm Sd.kfz 251
1X Zvezda 15mm Pz.kpfw III
1x Zvezda 15mm Stug. III Ausf. B
1x Zvezda 15mm Pz IV Ausf. D (Camo pattern over Panzer Grey)
1x Armourfast 1/72nd Panther

Armourfast 1/72nd Panther Middlestone base

Zvezda 15mm Camo

Zvezda 15mm 251's

Sunday 1/18/2015
On Saturday I did not get to spray any green on the soviet vehicles, and that was main reason I was motivated keep spraying.  I started spraying at around 11am till about 1:40pm. The bush worked well the whole session, with no clogging.   It was warmer and I was also more organized, so spraying went smoother
List of Sprayed Items
Below: sprayed with Vallejo MA 1:1 ratio Russian Green 71.017 to Yellow Ochre 71.033 (did about 70drips of paint into paint cup with about a 1:6 ratio Paint thinner to Paint Mix.
 2x Zvezda 15mm T-34/76 (1940) : Info from Tim's Tank PART 1 & PART 2
2x Zvezda 15mm ZIS-5 3-ton truck
1x Zvezda BA-10: INFO from Tim's Tank.
1x 1x Zvezda British Matilda II (Lend Lease)

Below: sprayed with Vallejo MA 5:1:1 ratio(very ruff estimate) Yellow Ochre to Russian Green to Sand(Ivory)
1x Zvezda 1/72  Soviet 82mm mortar crew Link  I wanted to change the base color, want to green up Soviet base. So this is a test that will have Army Painter medium tone brushed on
9x figures Plastic Soldier Company 15mm Soviet Infantry. LINK I wanted to change the base color, want to green up Soviet base. So this is a test that will have Army Painter medium tone brushed on.

I'm happy with the 1:1 mix color on all the soviet, including these soviet trucks

Test of shooting on sprue

old color new mix comparison

BA-10 with missing headlight

Bottom upright figures are middlestone rest are mix with more green&Yellow Ochre

WHAT WAS NOT SPRAYED
1x Zvezda 15mm German Truck
3x Canvas truck bed tops for zvezda german & soviet trucks   To be a gray canvas look for german and Khaki for 2 soviet trucks

Test spray during sunday session of Russian Green & Yellow Ochre. Top pie is 1:1 ration, and below is a serendipitous mixture of same colors with some Ivory.

Hand painted Model Air paint sample. Top pie slice picked for Soviet AFV's

Hand painted Model Air's dark yellows & greens sample

Misc. References:
∆ Most Excellent Dunkelgleg Flames of war comparison:  Excellent post - http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110&art_id=454
∆ Sd.Kfz.251D's by PSC from Tim's Tank Blog:  PART 1,  PART 2,  PART 3, and Part 4 HERE. This is great explanation of the complete process! Tim's Tanks BLOG also demo's Zvezda 15mm Sd.Kfz 251B HERE. Also find most of the Zvezda 1/100 WWII under the TAG "Zvezda 15mm".
∆  Lightspeed on the Wrong Lane...  blog with the tag "1/100 soviet " HERE. This is really great stuff in 15mm and lots of PSC figures used.