A12 Matilda II

Michael Muschalik Number PS720016 is Panzer III Ausf. G.

Olivier Enjoy !

Dave Morris Go to it Doug! Look forward to some build pics

Mark My first attempt at a 1/35 AFV model. Began in August 2016 and with shockingly (but for me average) slow progress.

Mark Pic 1 shows my Matilda in the Caunter camo scheme. I agonised over the 'correct' colours to use for this and eventually made a boo boo anyway.
The Caunter Scheme colours applicable here are described as Light Stone, Silver Grey and Slate.
My research translated these as: Light Stone = pale sand/light brown, Silver Grey = Light Green/Grey and Slate = Dark Green.
In the end I settled for Light Stone = 50/50 mix of Humbrol 103 + 93, Silver Grey = Humbrol 90, Slate = Humbrol 78 all in Humbrol Enamel, prior to my attempt at trying Vallejo Acrylics with my next project.
The general consensus appears that the light blue colour called for in the instructions, and until recently shown the Tank Museum's own Matilda are not accurate. So I went with the above colours in the safe knowledge that I am going to significantly cover these up with weathering anyway, as every photo I've seen of any AFV that has spent any time on desert operations has shown them to be absolutely filthy and faded.
The 'boo boo' I made was that my chosen vehicle (T6949 Defiance) was supposed to have brown rather than slate as the darker colour. I only noticed this after applying the decals. Oh well. More pics to follow.

Kjeld Pedersen Backdated to a BEF France 1940 version with New TMD 35-45402 kit

Dave Morris Please visit the associated album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.

Ron Garcia Nice kit. Quick, easy build. Complicated paint job required masking like an aircraft kit. This was made more difficult because of all the raised panels on the engine deck. With a bit of touch up, it came out fine. Recommended for beginners with the caveat that the paint job requires experience with serious masking.

Hunter Cummins Turned out awesome

George Bacon Really great job . Hard to believe it's 1/72 scale!

Murad ÖZER Hunter and George, thank you very much.

babak chalangi very lovely work Murad

Murad ÖZER Added couple more shots of the tank itself from other angles.

Greg Solomon Man! That "ROCKS"!!!

Holger Kranich Doesnt loos like braille scale, it just looks awesome!

Alan Rush Another great build in 1/72! Nice base to set it off.

Arne Greve Hihi, zeig mir mal ein Kettenfahrzeug, welches hübsch aussieht. :-D

Holger Kranich Also bei dem hier werd ich schon schwach... [img1]

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench No, no ,Holger
This is one to get weak...
JS-2 Model 1944 ChKz (Tamiya 35289, 1:35)

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Oh ....i forgot this "little " beauty of course (if a tank is a beauty) .....
M26 Pershing (Tamiya 35254, 1:35)

Jan Goormans yes , that JS2 is very nice
that kit is going to be the first tank I build
but i also have the Matilda and a Char B in the stash from Tamiya (love the camo schemes)
the dark force is strong

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Yes ,Jan. I have seen you post.I forgot to answer that is on my to do list just like the french Char b1.they are both impressive!

Frank Krause Sorry guys, if I disappoint you with my choice of the "beauty on tracks":

"Leopard" 1 A1A1-A1A4 (Revell 03017, 1:35)

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Hi Frank!
Not bad,as Franz Beckenbauer would say " Its a Klassiker!

Lionel Marco Well, you're the living proof that airbrushes are only for the lazy guys!

Lazy Lionel

Mike Kryza Fantastic and crazy - You've my respect!

Augie God i hope my brush work gets as good as yours..

Urban Gardini That's one lovely Malta Matilda. I can't make up my mind over this one or a Caunter pattern for my Queen of the desert when I get to it...

Frank Krause Thanks Mates! Glad you like it. I'm still not sure about the colour of the lines. I found information that they should be brown, but also saw them in dark-green, that I was thinking of repainting the whole thing.... Well, I've got another Matilda. May be next time...

Holger Kranich Frank, the god of brushing...

Wilfried Bogaerts Very nice work Frank !

Frank Krause Thanks Wilfried!