Somewhere in Libya
- Subject:
Matilda Mk.III/IV
British Army (1660-now)
32 Army Tank Brig. T6949 Defiance
1941 World War 2 - North Africa Campaign
Portland Stone, Silver grey, Slate grey- Scale:
- 1:35
- Status:
- Ideas
- Started:
- April 9, 2020
Matilda with riding infantry pass a Panzerjaeger I damaged and abandoned after a 2pndr shot shattered the gun shield and killed two of the crew, scattering the rest. It'll be my first time building some dead figures; there aren't many to choose from so I may have to Frankenstein and modify my own. Thanks to a commenter for the note about a PzIIIL being too new to have been in a battle with a Matilda.
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Comments
2 9 April 2020, 17:57
Bogicevic VladimirI think those two tanks never faced each other in combat. You should go for earlier Pz III variant. Do some research, if accuracy is your goal. If not, have fun.
9 April 2020, 18:44
Michael OsadciwHehe. Accuracy is not. I had a Tamiya IIIL I was going to use in another project and I switched it out for a command version, so I had a 80% finished L laying around. Usually if I can get the theater of operation right, I'm happy. I'm more interested in story telling with figures. 🙂 Thanks for looking!
10 April 2020, 13:25
Bogicevic VladimirNo problem. I was in that stage few years ago. It was pure fun. Good luck with your project.
10 April 2020, 14:12
Michael OsadciwVladimir, I took your advice and dropped the IIIL from this idea. After looking into it more, the times the two vehicles were there was way too different even for me. 🙂 Sadly the Panzerjager that I thought would work best now costs a fortune on the secondary market. Maybe truck or half track then?
29 March 2021, 12:01
Ben Mwatching... I just built this Matilda and it was a joy, best engineered kit I've ever had the pleasure of putting together.
29 March 2021, 12:16
Michael OsadciwNice! It's good to hear that Tamiya is still engineering the best stuff. 🙂
29 March 2021, 12:51
Bogicevic VladimirGlad I could help. You have a lot of options, it's all up to you, what do you have in stash, etc... I like trucks and half trucks much more then tanks. If you need an idea, maybe I can find some photo that will make you move.
29 March 2021, 14:50
Michael OsadciwI think I'm settling on a truck. There are some nice early war truck kits from Dragon and ICM that could work. At the rate I'm going I don't think I'll get to this particular diorama for at least a year. 🙂
29 March 2021, 17:31
