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Stuart V

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.

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Cromwell IV

Cromwell IV

Here is one of hmm 11 Cromwell IV’s I have.  They were bought in a bygone age before Battlefront decided to make the Cromwell’s look all awesome with hession camo, exhaust cowls and stowage modeled directly onto the tank.  I really need to spruce them up and try to update mine to look nice too.  But in the meantime they’re  painted and serviceable and whilst out gunned and out armoured by their german counterparts I’m still very fond of them.  Protected Ammo, Semi Indirect Fire and awesome mobility makes them pretty effective.  Pity they’re crewed by a pack of pansies, who panic and bail at the first obstacle to cross their path.  Irrespective of all that though I just really like the the look and shape of the cromwell.  Which is why I chose a british armoured squadron when I started to play from amongst the many other choices.

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Tiger IE

Tiger IE

This is the sister tank of the one posted yesterday.  Though painted much later.  Photographed in this position, (ie from the back) because well thats how the other one was photographed and well it has a casting defect in it’s left side track, so this is it’s best angle.

Painted it with Martin’s airbrush but did a totally rubbish job to the point it looked like some french partisans had graffiti’d it and left it up on jacks.  So the next day I made a glaze out of brown wash and basically obscured the heck out of the camo.  On the negative side this gives it a rather brown appearance (not that you can tell anymore but that is a dunkelgelb base coat).  On the upside though it doesn’t look like something out of the undie 500.  So a mixed result.  Like the other tiger I bored out the muzzle break (which looks really good I reckon) but I did not add the hull machine gun or an aerial.  Probably should do that and decal.  Thanks to some Future Floor Polish in the glaze it’s essentially varnished as well.  Though the tracks have taken a bit of a battering.