A few pics to show progress so far. I haven't photographed the figures yet, as they're currently held in clamps, waiting for the main paintwork to dry, before tackling the details painting.
PICS 1 to 3. The basic ground work on the base has been done, and the mesh tracking laid down. There's still a little work to do on the track, and also a bit more work on the 'terrain', in the form of weeds, grass clumps etc.
PIC 4. Whilst the ground work was drying, the bomb loading cart had some additional work done to the main chassis, before assembly and painting.
Various field mods were carried out on these carts, to aid with bomb loading onto wing pylons, with the addition of screw jacks, hydraulic jacks, or just simple, fairly crude stands, quickly welded together using angle iron and steel tube. Plastic strip has been cemented in place to represent a typical example of the latter, with roughly bent plastic rod to simulate the tube or bar bomb 'cradle'.
PICS 5 and 6. The finished item, with the wheels, castor and tow arm fitted, and the whole assembly painted and weathered. This item is from the Revell/Promodeller 'Ground Support Equipment' set I picked up from e-bay at a decent price, as it lacked the box and instructions. A useful selection of items for three air forces in this kit, and with a bit of luck it, knowing Revell's policy of 'rotating' kits every few years, it will probably be re-released at some point in the future.
There's still quite a lot to do, in the way of scratch-building and/or adapting items for 'set dressing' for the 'dispersal area', as well as extra work on the base itself, and the figures. All being well, I hope to have more to show sometime tomorrow.
Thanks again for your continued interest and compliments.