Italeri Tiger I

I picked up a box of the easy to assemble war gamer friendly Italeri Tiger I, with two tanks per box. While I like the completed model, box art showed each tank with zimmerit applied; unfortunately the actual model inside does not have this mid-late war feature added. Aside from this, I am pleased with the kit, an easy and inexpensive way to add to my Tiger I complement.   While lacking the detail of other manufacturer's kits, they painted up nicely. Note added track and the pair of helmets hanging off one of the turrets were added and are not part of the Italeri kit.

21st Panzer Division Normandy French Half-Tracks

I haven't posted in far too long, and have not enjoyed the time to do much painting.   Nonetheless, I have managed to complete some AFV's for Normandy.

The vehicles are a mix of Ready to Roll and Raventhorpe, with Britannia crews; you'll see the SPW Flak20mm still requires a gun crew to be added.

 

RTR SPW P107 half tracks, the middle vehicle armed with a PaK 37mm anti tank gun.

Raventhorpe SPW P107 PaK 40 (left) and Somua Flak 20mm (right)

Raventhorpe Somua rocket launcher half track

Churchill Crocodiles

Completed the Britannia Churchill Crocodile tanks - crews are Britannia, with the usual mix of stowage. I'll need to purchase a few more Crew figures to fill the empty hatches.    Not sure there would be a Rapid Fire scenario that called for four Croc's at the same time so I have varied their basing, including an attempt to simulate a Churchill crashing through a Normandy wheat field on its way to take out a German bunker...sounds like the background for a future scenario!

British Armour - Britannia Churchill Tanks

My final posting today - Five Britannia Churchill tanks, three armed with the 75mm, one with a 6pdr and a Churchill Armoured Recovery Vehicle.  

Crew members are all from Britannia; added track protection is from the PSC Churchill kit (on the 6pdr turret) and spare Tiger track (see one of the 75mm armed models).  

Crew in the recovery vehicle is made up from the Britannia ARV Crew (figure sitting with beret and map), 25pdr Crew (figure sitting with helmet) and British command sets (figure standing inside ARV).

British Armour - PSC Churchill

While the majority of my Churchill kits are Britannia, with the odd Airfix added for good measure, I also have 4 PSC Churchill tanks.  The kit goes together very well, and they complement my Valiant British infantry, which is why I purchased them in the first place.   However, they are noticeably larger than any of my other Churchill models.   

Here are two PSC Churchill IV's, each with the 75mm gun - besides addition of stowage the only modification was the removal of the front mud guards (quite easy to do):

British Armour - Stuarts

The Plastic Soldier Company (PSC) Stuart kit is a delight to assemble and paint.  Since you get three is a box, I made one a "turretless" version.  Crew is PSC or Britannia and the usual suspects when it comes to stowage:

British Armour - Cromwell

It's been a while since I've had the chance to post, so today I'm making up for lost time with pictures of what I have completed recently.  

First up, three Britannia Cromwell tanks, including a close-support version with a 95mm gun.
Crews are Britannia, with the usual mix of stowage from Sgts Mess, RAFM, and Britannia: