Scotia Grendel Shturm-S

Soviet ATGM vehicle being introduced to TY in the Red Thunder book. Launcher is somewhat massively oversized and could probably do with replacing with a much smaller and thinner piece of styrene rod. Also took a bit of work to get the launcher to fit in the hole, as it wont sit in it like a traditional turret and just falls through. Pretty good, but the BDRM with spandrel is nicer imo.

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 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 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.

Scotia Grendel T-64 ERA

Nice model of an up-armoured T-64, greatly prefer this to Scotias regular version of the same vehicle. ERA bricks are nicely cast, but some are very shallow and require highlighting in places to pick up any detail, drybrushing will not work on the front hull for example. Nice mini for 6mm TY, even if Phil wont give us ERA-equipped T-64s.

Scotia Grendel M901 ITV

Improved TOW vehicle from Scotia grendel. Launcher and track detail all looks good, my only gripe with it can be seen from the top as the model looks slightly warped, like the kind of warping you get if you apply pressure to the sides of a silicon mold before the resin inside cures fully, or like the driver is going really fast and going full Initial D round a hairpin. Other than that a nice model, I also bought some TOW LAVs which could be used as an alternative, I'll get round to those soon.

Scota Grendel BMP-1 PRP-3 "Small Fred,"

Artillery observational vehicle based on the BMP-1 chassis. Would work well as a BMP-1 observation post from Team Yankee. Nice model apart from that chip/dent in the track, not sure if its a casting fault or postal damage but it probably wont bother me too much.

Scotia Grendel BTR 70

The missing link in the BTR series, sat in the middle between the BTR-60 and the BTR-80 I previously posted. Not much to be said, its a great model like the other two.

Scotia Grendel 9K33 Osa Gecko

Cost me a massive £1.15 for this guy Separate turret parts as with the SA-13s, but I just glued it down for simplicity rather than magnetising it, team tankee turret-facing doesnt matter for an soft-skinned vehicle like this. Coming to TY soon so I'll probably buy a few more of these.

Scotia Grendel BTR 60 PA and BTR 80

Wheeled Soviet APCs from Scotia. I really like these, great chunky details on the 80 which respond well to highlighting (and probably drybrushing if you prefer to do that), and the large flat areas on the 60 can be modulated pretty nicely. Ive heard these guys (or something close enough) are coming out in Red Thunder so they may actually see the table at some point.

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 Sa-13 Gopher

Pretty nice mini, the vehicle itself is pretty good, tracks and roadwheels are nicely detailed and cast, but the detail on the launcher is a bit sparse and the crisscross bars that are usually on top are absent, which is a shame.
The turret is actually a separate piece, but rather than magnetize it I dun goofed and glued it, so I'll probably buy some more (maybe try H&R too) and do them over at some point.

Scotia Grendel VADS

Vulcan minigun-equipped air defense for the Americans. Separate turret is a nice touch, but I recommend magnetising it or it will get lost for sure. Gun barrels are sculpted slightly rather than the gun just being a solid tube which looks good if you highlight them a little.

Scotia Grendel ZSU-23-4 Shilka

Alright, its a pretty good model. The gun barrels are flayed out a bit which isnt too bad from tabletop distance, its nice and chunky, the front of the model all looks good, but the detail completely disappears once you go beyond the turret, the engine deck is literally completely flat and featureless, the line I painted was just something I added to break it up a bit. Its alright, maybe I'll have a look at H&Rs offering too.

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.

Scotia Grendel BRDM-3

As title says, BRDM-3 with Spandrel from Scotia

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.

M1A1 Command Tank

Scotia M1A1 Abrams modified so I can recognise it as an HQ/command tank at tabletop distance. Again a nice model, the M1A1 has a larger, separate cupola MG than the regular M1s, im not sure why that is.