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I got this model as a present, it combines the plastic Battlewagon kit with a resin Supa Kannon.
This is the preview model from the Forge World stand.
The plastic Battlewagon model contains four large sprues.
The resin pieces come in a bag
There is a fair bit of resin.
The Tiger was feared so much by the Allies, that most German tanks were referred to as Tiger tanks. Tiger I is the common name of a German heavy tank used in World War II, developed in 1942. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, often shortened to Tiger.
Having given the Tiger a basecoat of Humbrol Dark Brown initially, I was not happy with the results.
After looking at some models online and discussions with Simon, decided that this was way too dark.
I bought some FoW Warpaint, for Late War German Armour and used that on the model.
Much happier with the result.
Here is the Tiger next to one my the Panthers.
See the full workbench feature on the Flames of War Tiger 1E.
Having finished the Kil Krusha, leaving it for a while to let the glue dry and cure I gave the model a white undercoat.
I am pleased with how the model looks, now onto the bigger task of getting it painted.
See the full workbench feature on the Ork Kil Krusha.
The Cromwell Tank was one of the most successful series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in World War II.
The Cromwell tank, named after the English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell, was the first tank in the British arsenal to combine a dual-purpose gun, high speed from the powerful and reliable Meteor engine, and reasonable armour, all in one balanced package. Its design formed the basis of the Comet tank. The Cromwell first saw action in June 1944, with the reconnaissance regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps.
In the blister you get a resin hull and turret and the rest of the model is in whitemetal.
In the end I picked up a couple more to make a full platoon.
See the full workbench feature on my Cromwell IVs.
The lunatic product of the deranged imaginations of grot riggers and scavs that have spent far too long basking in the insane genius of the Big Meks, Grots Tanks are diminutive armoured vehicles made to imitate the far larger Ork Wagons and Tanks.
The set contains four different variant chassis, tracks, exhausts and turrets as well as four fantastic Grot Tank Kommandaz and 5 different, incredibly shooty, weapon options.
I picked up a set of Grot Tanks on a recent visit to Warhammer World. After washing the resin, I then looked at the four main bodies and tracks deciding which was going to go with which. I then constructed and stuck the tanks together.
The lunatic product of the deranged imaginations of grot riggers and scavs that have spent far too long basking in the insane genius of the Big Meks, Grots Tanks are diminutive armoured vehicles made to imitate the far larger Ork Wagons and Tanks.
The set contains four different variant chassis, tracks, exhausts and turrets as well as four fantastic Grot Tank Kommandaz and 5 different, incredibly shooty, weapon options.
I picked up a set of Grot Tanks on a recent visit to Warhammer World. After washing the resin, I then looked at the four main bodies and tracks deciding which was going to go with which. I then constructed and stuck the tanks together.
You have lots of options, including adding exhausts and weapons in a variety of ways.
The workbench feature on the Grot Tanks is broken down into four separate features, one for each of the Grot Tanks.
The Char B1 was a French heavy tank manufactured before the Second World War. It was a specialised heavy break-through vehicle, originally conceived as a self-propelled gun with a 75 mm howitzer in the hull; later a 47 mm gun in a turret was added, to allow it to function also as a Char de Bataille, a “battle tank” fighting enemy armour, equipping the armoured divisions of the Infantry Arm.
Within the blister you get the resin hull and turret whilst the rest of the model is whitemetal.
Here are the three resin hulls lined up.
They are smaller than I expected.
For some reason I had this impression that the Char B1 was a really large tank. Well compared to other Early War tanks it is, however compared to Late War tanks it’s quite small. Continue reading “Constructing the Flames of War French Char B1 bis”
The next stage in making the Ork Kil Krusha was adding the drive shafts to each side. This is quite a complicated part of the model and it’s worth taking the time with a couple of dry runs before gluing them into place.
The model is now completed and just needs a white undercoat.
Front and back views.
See the full workbench feature on the Ork Kil Krusha.
The Tank, Heavy, TOG 2 was a prototype British super-heavy tank design produced in the early part of the Second World War in case the battlefields of northern France turned into a morass of mud, trenches and craters as had happened during the First World War.
In the end it never went into production, but as part of the Flames of War Mid-War Monsters range you can buy it and use it in alternate history games. I liked the concept and the model on the Flames of War website is quite inspiring.
The Flames of War boxed set contains three of these monsters.
The hulls are quite plain in comparison to other tanks in the FoW range, however that is much more down to the actual design of the tank.
The tracks are two metal castings for each side. The turret is the same one that was eventually used on the Challenger A30, it was from a design perspective easier to use what was developed for the TOG2 then design a completely new turret for the Challenger in the time they had available and with limited resources.
However this is a different casting to the one found on the Challenger model. It looks like it should be pretty simple to put together, but first to clean up the metal and resin castings.
I do hope that we see future “monsters” for Flames of War, there are some nice concepts and ideas out there for both Early-War and Late-War, though I have a hunch that these did not sell as well as expected.
See the workbench feature on these huge tanks.
The next stage for my Kil Krusha was adding the engines. There are two engines, one on each side.
I also added the “teef” to the front of the tank.
See the full workbench feature on the Ork Kil Krusha.