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June 9, 2010September 16, 2015

Sherman VC (Firefly)

One of my three Sherman Fireflys… fireflies?… VCs. Adds some decent punch to the Cromwell platoons giving me a taste of what it might be like to run proper tanks like the Germans and the Russians. The photo doesn’t look much, actually these closeups of my flames of war stuff are rather disappointing particularly when compared to the Games Workshop stuff. Granted it’s only half the scale but I think I could and should do better, it’s just that it’s not as fun to paint. Anyway, will go back at some point and fix all my british armour up, add stowage and the like and well some more coats of varnish on the tracks.

June 8, 2010September 16, 2015

M5 Halftrack

One of ten or so M5 Halftracks to transport my two motor platoons around. They look cool barreling across the table but generally I’m to scared to use them particularly effectively. The round taken to drop off their troops along with the rest of the time on the table top exposed to artillery and everything else with with a reasonable sized gun gives me the willies, and I don’t mean of the jeep variety. Only two of my models have the machine gun ring so as to denote them as the lead vehicle. The british don’t seemed to have bothered to fit MG’s to most of their M5’s or at least that’s Battlefronts belief. Pity as that might encourage me to keep them on the field rather than scuttling off at the first opportunity, often dumping their troops without even moving. meh they’re reluctant, they’re allowed to be a pack of pansies but still, aside from a modeling exercise they’re not particularly effective. Used Micro Sol to apply the decals, awesome stuff in making the decal conform to the hinges and creases on the bonnet. Can’t recommend the stuff highly enough.

June 4, 2010September 16, 2015

Stuart V

One of my three little Stuart V tanks which alongside my armoured squadron (which I seem to no longer be able to field) are pound for pound probably my consistently best achieving models. I like the Stuarts so much that I have considered purchasing more but I figure that my be taking a good thing to far. I think there success lies in the fact they’re… well, a tank, but at least in an armoured squadron a small and insignificant threat when compared to the main battle tanks. This combined with their speed allows them to get in and behind the enemy, opportunistically seizing objectives and generally causing disruption far beyond their meager points value. If I took more I think the comparative threat assessment would be considered differently and they would probably have more resource directed at nullifying them and thus their ability to achieve anything would be drastically reduced.

As for the model, they’re such a funny little (by which I mean really quite quite small) boxy tank with a high profile, (so not out of place amongst shermans and cromwells). Rather endearing really which only adds to the affection for them. Great little battlers.