Skulking in the same box as the Morris and Rolls-Royce armoured cars, and completed at around the same time is my 1940 British Armoured Brigade. In the early 1990s I picked up a number of early cruiser tanks made by Black Star Models. Most are destined for service in North Africa, but I decided to build a Brigade for use in Europe in 1940. I am still impressed at my restraint in not building the whole of 1st Armoured Division, but then the real one was never fully deployed.
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A9 Cruiser. This is a particular favourite of mine as it is so obviously past it's best by 1940. Two MG turrets - what were they thinking? |
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| A13 Mk1. These were ridiculously fast. When they worked. |
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Vickers MkVI light tank. This is a metal kit by RAFM - who did a small but very useful range - are they still available? |
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| The whole of the mighty brigade assembled for action. |
17 comments:
Wow those look great very real.
A truly magnificent collection riveted death traps, ...let me give those trouble making gunners from the last post ...lol
Oh I do like 1940 British kit
For their "clankiness" rather than effectiveness
Nice post
Very nice, where did you get the flash information?
Nice, I've got a couple of these by SHQ, they look alright too
A well balanced force, for the period. Tactic rather than design was more of the problem Tim.
Ask Al, he was on the recieving end of a good dose of Brit steel last year.
Regards Paul
RAFM is still selling them. http://www.rafm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RAF&Category_Code=BKCMO
Mind you the way postage to the UK had gotten crazy.
Biff Tanner
Thanks - it seems very easy to make British kit of that era look scruffy.
Don M
"fiveted death traps" An excellent description Don!
Geordie
We seem to be of one mind on this matter!
Conrad Kinch
By flash information do you mean the Arm of Service markings? They are Skytrex decals - still available as far as I know.
Al
Your cruisers may be heavier and (much) more expensive, but they'll be just as rubbish as mine in battle!
Paul
I like to think of it as style over effectiveness...
Ross Mac
Thanks for the link - when I bought mine in the UK they were actually pretty cheap!
That thing with the two MG turrets!!! Who thought that up? It looks like something that would fit really well into a staempunk scenario...but a real life one..not!!
Great paintjobs.
Cheers
paul
Paul's bods
Are you referring to the elegant and majestic device that is the A9? It's like a sort of cut-price T-28.
Good information, I need some of these for my Operation Sealion project.
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