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15mm Home Guard Bedford OXA

The Bedford OXA was a gun truck or improvised British heavy armoured car built during World War II by mounting an armoured body onto a Bedford OXD 1.5 ton truck chassis. 948 units were built in 1940-1941. The vehicle was used by British Home Guard units until 1942.

The vehicle was used by British Home Guard units until 1942.

As with many of my 15mm metal vehicles I don’t recall who the manufacturer was. After a bit of internet research I believe it is an old SDD miniature. Not convinced totally, but other miniatures in the box it was in carry SDD codes.

This is a solid whitemetal casting.

The next stage was to give the model a white undercoat.

Landing on the beaches

Sherman tanks disembark from landing craft on a defended beach.

This was taken at a demonstration games and is 20mm scale.

At the time this was taken in the 1990s 20mm and 6mm were the dominant scales for this period of wargaming. Since then 15mm has become almost the defacto standard with Flames of War dominating the era and displacing both 20mm and I would also say 6mm gaming in this period. One area that has seen growth has been in 28mm WWII with many plastic and metal miniatures available.

So what scale do you play and why?

15mm Home Guard Bedford OYD Armadillo

The Bedford OYD Armadillo was a Bedford OY fitted for airfield defence with Lewis guns and an ex-aircraft COW 37 mm gun.

This vehicle was used by the RAF for airfield defence and later the Home Guard.

After finding the side plates, the next stage will be a white undercoat.

As with many of my 15mm metal vehicles I don’t recall who the manufacturer was.

Sherman Basecoat

Having undercoated the Shermans the next stage was a green basecoat. I used a Humbrol dark green spray can for these models.

I think it is a little dark, however after giving a wash and a drybrush I think it “might” be okay.

See the full workbench feature on these Sherman tanks.

15mm British Cruiser Tank Mk III A13

The Tank, Cruiser, Mk III (A13) was a British cruiser tank of the Second World War. It was the first British cruiser tank to use the Christie suspension system which gave higher speeds and better cross-country performance, previous models of cruiser tanks having used triple wheeled bogie suspension. Like most British cruisers, the A 13 was fast but under-armoured and proved unreliable mechanically. Most were lost in the French campaign in 1940, but a few were used in Greece and the North African campaign in 1940-41.

I have had this tank for sometime. Don’t remember the manufacturer, though I think it may be an old SDD Miniatures model.