Showing posts with label Heroics and Ros. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heroics and Ros. Show all posts

BMP-2 Scotia Grendel and H&R

Heroics and Ros on the left, Scotia on the right

Wasnt really planning on any direct comparisons between manufacturers but seeing as I have both I might as well. Detail on both is great, Scotia is slightly smaller but probably still compatible, turret peg for H&R was much longer than Scotias, which was handy and didn't need extending. I bought the Scotia models first, but Im probably going to use the H&R, because while the Scotia barrels look nice and realistic, they are very thin and I would be too concerned with them snapping irreparably to actually use them in a game. As with all 6mm minis from these guys, they are cheap as chips, so if you want to build yourself a BMP-2 cheese-list in TY it'll only cost you about a tenner.


H&R T-90

Modern day Russian tank from Heroics and Ros. Detail is nice and chunky, highlights and would probably drybrush really well. Turret is perhaps a little tall? But otherwise a great model.


H&R 2S1 Gvozdika

Finally got some of these guys. Fairly simple model compared to some of H&Rs other casts, Im guessing its one of their older minis. Bit plain, but a perfectly nice, serviceable model


H&R T-80 ERA

Really great models from H&R, perhaps a tad on the small side, but the casting is crisp, especially on the ERA bricks, tracks are good. Not present in TY but I'll probably buy more anyway, really nice mini.


H&R A-10 Warthog

American air support for Team Yankee from Heroics and Ros. The shape looks good and fairly accurate, but there are some bumps and vents absent which leaves the sides and top of the body looking very smooth, but otherwise its pretty good. I bought 4 of these, a few of them had a fair bit of flash around the engines and one of them was a bit miscast, but as it was on the bottom It didnt bother me too much. Overall its pretty good, but not as nice as their Frogfoot model imo.


H&R F-22 Raptor

Not Cold War or Team Yankee but would work for a modern scenario in games like FFoT. Looks nice when painted, but the model is quite plain and there isnt really much detail on the top, not that the F-22 has all that much, but there are little vents and stuff on top and it would have been nice to have some panels to highlight. The angles of the air intakes next to the nose did look slight different too, but 2 minutes of filing and they were fine.


Heroics and Ros F117 Stealth

Classic Gulf War plane that everyone liked as a kid because it was black, cool and had "stealth" in the name, introduced in early 83 so still suitable for Cold-war-gone-hot scenarios. The edges are a little soft and the whole plane looks a little smooth compared to the angular monster that is the real aircraft, but on the whole a nice model.
The weapon loadout of the F117 isnt very close to the A-10 (a single GBU-27 Paveway III compared to several AGM-65 Maverick and the BRRRT-gun), so I'm not sure how well it would work as a proxy in Team Yankee.


Heroics and Ros Hind Mi-24P

Two Hinds from Heroics and Ros. I kind of ordered the wrong version again and think I bought the Mi-24P rather than the Mi-24D, but nevermind. Proportions seem ok, detail is generally pretty good but gets a bit rough in places, engines not entirely symmetrical and it was pretty hard to pick out the glass panels on the cockpit. Does come with some weapons though which was nice, also came with 2 sets of perfectly nice white metal rotors, which aren't shown as I'll be using acrylic discs instead. Pretty nice for £3.50, but not quite as good for the money as either H&Rs other or Scotia aircraft imo.


Scotia Grendel (and H&R) 2S3 Akatsiya

152mm SPG which will be coming to Team Yankee soon. I have models from both H&R and Scotia (Ordered by mistake from H&R, I meant to buy Gvozdikas but wasn't paying attention). I chose to paint up the Scotia models in the end, because I felt the boxy turret shape is more accurate than H&Rs rounded front.


H&R motor rifle platoon for TY

Almost finished a full Motor rifle platoon of H&R infantry, I was sent RPG-18s by accident rather than RPG-7s, but rifle platoons carry them anyway and the model is great and adds a bit of extra variety. All being well, I'll have some RPG-7s soon enough. But here we've got Riflemen and RPG-18s, PKM light MG teams, Gremlin SA-14 MANPADs and the Spigot AT-4s, all really great stuff and fit nicely with any GHQ troops you might have (there is a single GHQ model amongst them, see if you can pick him out)


Heroics and Ros 9K111 Fagot Team

More motor rifles and the first of several At-4 Spigot/9K111 Fagot teams from HR, nice heroic proportions and good details as with the riflemen.


Heroics and Ros Soviet Motor Rifle (M28)

Soviet motor rifles from Heroics and Ros, very nice casts sculpted in a slightly heroic style which I do really like at this scale. Very close to GHQ in my opinion, but you can buy in smaller packs of exactly what you need instead of getting 90 mortars like you do with the GHQ packs. Painted khaki grey and highlighted with camo beige, which makes them look a little light, but helps them pop against the flock which I will add later.
HR motor rifles on the left and GHQ german Grenadiers for comparison on the right.


H&R Frogfoot

A pair of Frogfoots(?) from Heroics and Ros, a little more expensive than Scotia Grendels planes but not massively so, and Scotia don't do an SU-25 afaik. [edit: Scotia now do an SU-25] Could have done with some weapons though.