West German TPz Fuchs Armored Personnel Carrier

Resin and metal builds with lots of little hand tools to paint, the top-mounted missile launchers are magnetized.

Crisp details all around, these were nice to paint.

Two units for the Pioniers to drive around in!

West German Marder Roland FlaRakPz 1

A pair of resin/metal AA Marders, simple to paint but the turret is a bit top-heavy.

Had to take some liberties with the decals so they would sit better.

More West German Marder 1 A2 IFVs

One more unit of Marder IFVs.

So many Marders.  Could be worse, could be Soviets!

West German Leopard 2A4 Company

These are all-plastic models from Battlefront and were fairly simple to paint.  I painted up two HQ tanks and two units of four tanks.

HQ tanks, not much for stowage on these.

All ten, ready to rumble.

West German Leopard 1A4

A single Leopard I, resin tracks were pretty beat up unfortunately.

This panzer is late to the party but I matched it up with the other Leopards I painted previously.

More West German Panzergrenadiers for Team Yankee

I finished the second half of a large commission for a friend of mine, Team Yankee West Germans from the Leopard book.  Had to try and match some colors on these infantry, need to start writing that stuff down!

One more unit, plus a few extra small stands I was asked to paint.

Panavia Tornado Strike Aircraft

These are resin and metal models, the first I've painted from Battlefront.

Armed with JP233 Submunitions

Flight of two.  Decals went on way better on these.

MBB PAH-1 Anti-tank Helicopter

My first ever helicopter models, these are all plastic.  I had a difficult time with the gloss on the canopies, the acrylic cured funny and cracked.  I had to go back with an enamel and redo it.

Not only did the canopy give me a difficult time, but the deals also wouldn't settle.  Tricky for sure.

Full flight.

LARS 2 Raketenwerfer Batterie and M113

Who doesn't like rocket werfer trucks?  LARS are resin and metal, OP M113 is all plastic.

Rocket trucks are always cool looking.

Full battery, used gloss for the windows.

Last minute addition to the list, so had to modify a US M113 into a West German one.  Swapped the .50 M2 for a spare MG3 and used a WW2 British tanker for the commander since they looked similar.

Fliegerfaust Platoon

I'm not sure i like the large-based infantry units, but I guess these have taken the place of gun teams in Team Yankee.  Armed with Redeye missiles.

Matching yellow flower tufts, gives them some color and helps fill the large spaces on the big base.

The entire unit.

Gepard 1A2 Flakpanzer Batterie

A big battery of flak tanks, same all resin construction as the Leopard 1s.

Very nice models, I think they came out pretty good.

All of them together.

Luchs A1 Spähpanzer Patrols

The core of the second formation are the Luchs armored cars, four units of them.  Resin and metal minis.

You can really see the WW2 lineage in these.

One of the patrols.

The whole group!

Leopard 1A4 Platoon

Leopard 1s were part of Dave's second formation, I painted an HQ tank and a platoon of four.  The models have resin tracks and unfortunately were chipped in a few spots.

Black berets for the Panzertruppen.

HQ and platoon together.

M109G Batterie

Some armored artillery to support the Panzergrenadiers.  Resin and metal minis with magnetized gun barrels.

Red berets for the artillery troops.

One of the few vehicles with molded on stowage, broke up the tracks-and-guns monotony.

Jaguar 2 Raketenjagdpanzer

More tiny tank destroyers!

These are armed with TOW missiles, and finally got to paint a crewman.

These can be fielded as Jaguar 1s as well, and I'll be painting the optional tops.

Jaguar 1 Raketenjagdpanzer

These little missile-armed tank destroyers came out pretty good, they are resin and metal models.

Low-profile and armed with a HOT anti-tank missile.

Tiny Tank Destroyers!

Marder 1 A2 IFV

Panzergrenadiers need rides and these Marder 1s belong to the infantry.  These are all plastic models and painted up really nicely.  I used an airbrush to do the NATO camouflage the brush to finish the details.

I kept the weathering light, just an overall wash of dark grey and grime and dust on the tracks.

Both Panzergrenadier platoons and the HQ.

Team Yankee West German Panzergrenadier Platoons

I finished up most of a large commission of Team Yankee West Germans for my friend Dave.  He took them to Historicon for Nationals this week, hope he does well!  I painted two units of Panzergrenadiers and the formation HQ, they are small units so painted up pretty quickly.

I used some flower tufts from Army Painter to give them some color.

Two platoons plus HQ.