Next Begovian War campaign planning moves forward ...

 I've finished the campaign area map for the next next Wittenberg V Begovia campaign...

Backstory context done...

"The Begovians have made a move against the breakaway province of Upper Rutenia; their attack has stalled after the battle to take Panzankz, but are making regular raids into the territory. Upper Rutenia as an ally of Wittenberg has asked for assistance. General Waldebeck is preparing plans cross the border to attack the Begovians in the area of Lower Rutenia and is awaiting the King's approval of his plans before making his move ..."

The two commanders General Waldebeck for Wittenberg and Osram Pasha for Begovia will soon be leading their troops into action...

that is once I've worked out the game campaign scenarios...

Adding shelves to display cases ...

 I have two display cabinets like this one..

I will have some more 28mm 18C stuff to go on display, so I worked out how to add an extra shelf; some careful measuring to mark out where the new holes for the shelf supports had to go...

holes drilled carefully (for me 😀 ) and a piece of pine strip wood of the right width cut to size (with a straight edge as well !); hooray an extra shelf ...

I did the same job on the second cabinet. Already being populated ...

Right lads lets make this our shelf !

Fresh from my success on the two cabinets, I had took out the shelves from my third cabinet and shuffled up all the shelf supports - to get extra room for another shelf

piece of timber cut (oops a wiggly edge this time 😩  ).... shelf fitted

colour mismatch though, I may have a suitable colour woodstain in the garage. I can live with the mismatch though.

Hurrah  ! three new shelves to fill up with 18C 28mm figures, I may get some of the Wittenberg border forces out of a box; I have some Blue Moon highwaymen  and desperadoes on the paint desk, so now they'll have a home when they are finished.

Coaches ....

 Sorted out some horses for the coach (some of my home-casts) and a new coachman (from Colonel Bills)

Painted up ...waiting outside the palace for some passengers....

While on coaches, I got out the Kings coach; its an old Dinky coronation coach - the old plastic horses definitely needed replacing so I used some more of my home-cast horses for a new set.

Wagon finished ...

 All painted and ready to join the rest of the wagon train ...

40mm Wagon (WIP)....

Running gear assembled and two horses based...

Marking out the cardboard body parts (base, two sides, two ends & two strengtheners)...

Cardboard body assembled and trial fitted to chassis...

Canvas covers made using masking tape... (with coating of PVA glue to stiffen)

drivers seat added, driver conversion started (Sash & Saber head, on one of the figures from the kit)..

The other two horses done, driver finished ....     (behind is previous conversion from same kit)

Replacing my old coach...

I've been looking at coaches for 28mm games, all I have is this converted western stagecoach. 

I decided I need to replace it; I have ordered the Westphalia Forder 18C coach from Crantarra Miniatures.

Recently an old model kit was kindly sent to me...

it is nominally 1/48 scale; the horses are more useful to go with my 40mm figures, the coach body is better with 28mm figures and the driver plus passengers are about 35mm+ foot to top of head.

Last time I got one of these kits given to me it was incomplete, I used the wheels and horses to make a wagon. So I sorted the pieces out to use for the wagon

I tried out the kit coach body with a spare set of wheels, a much better match to the 28mm figures than my existing coach.

So the wheels were fixed on and a roof added, with a trunk stored on the back its starts to look the part

drivers seat, steps and shaft added... ready to paint...

I could do with a new driver and some nice draught horses to go with.  Next job is make up the 40mm cart.