私達は今何処にいるのですか？

 

If you were wondering about what's happening with the Chain of Command Japanese Platoon, fear not. As I'm away in Cornwall and Brittany for the next few weeks, there will be a temporary halt to the production line but it will start up again in September. I'm quite pleased with the progress made to date, although I haven't completed all of the assembly, basing and undercoating by the deadline.

 

However, I have completed the following units, ready for painting after the holidays:

 

2 x Rifle / LMG Platoons of twelve men plus Junior Leader

 

2 x two man Sniper teams

 

1 x two man FOO team

 

1 x two man AT team

 

1 x two man AT rifle team

 

1 x  five man MMG team

 

1 x five man 70mm Mountain Gun team plus Junior Leader

 

1 x three man Flamethrower team

 

1 x three man Engineer Demolition team

 

1 x Type 95 Ha Go tank

 

This leaves the following units to assemble, base and undercoat when I get back:

 

1 x Rifle / LMG platoon of twelve men plus Junior Leader*

 

1 x Knee Mortar platoon of twelve men plus Junior Leader*

 

1 x Platoon Commander*

 

1 x Senior NCO / Standard Bearer*

Plus...

 

1 x five man 47mm AT gun team plus Junior Leader

 

1 x five man MMG team plus Junior Leader (optional)

 

1 x three man Engineer Demolition Team plus Junior Leader (for an Engineer section)

 

1 x three man Engineer Mine Clearing and/or Wire Cutting Team

 

2 x Type 97 Chi Ha tanks

 

This is quite a lot of stuff but I only need the first four elements (*) to complete the platoon with the rest as optional support units that I can add in as and when I need them. This shouldn't take too long to do and I might even take the plastic bits and bobs I need to Cornwall to glue together before we head off to Brittany in a couple of weeks time.

 

I've really enjoyed assembling this force and I'm looking forward to the painting phase, which I'm planning to complete one section or support unit at a time, using the same Army Painter dip approach that I tried out on the late war US platoon last year. Who knows, I might even be able to get them ready for a game by half term in October?