Category: world war two

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.

It’s made of metal and is quite well detailed. Hope to compare it with the Flames of War model soon.

Flames of War – German StuG G Assault Guns

These German Stug G miniatures come in the Open Fire Flames of War starter set.

Having given them a white undercoat I sprayed them with Humbrol Dark Brown.

Having reflected on this and feedback, I think they are too dark and I think they will need repainting.

See the full workbench feature on these StuG G Assault Guns.

Flames of War Armoured Train

Pictures have emerged of the Polish Armoured Train that will be released for Flames of War.

Having seen these I am wondering about how Battlefront will do the track (if at all). Those who have looked into this will release that 15mm or 1/100th scale trains use a TT scale track which isn’t easily available (unlike OO/HO or N gauge track).

Flames of War Barricades – 26th February

The Flames of War Barricades that were a sneak peak I mentioned back in December are to be released on the 26th February.

Really nice pieces of scenery.

Though released for the Eastern Front (Stalin’s War) I think they should work fine of the streets of most French towns. Now who does a 1/100th scale Citroen I can add to the barricade?

Arriving March…

Well look what we have here arriving in March from Flames of War…

Yay, armoured trains! Probably the Polish armoured train from the sneak peek.

No more information, just the photograph, so no details about what is available or cost. Hopefully they will be doing track as well as the trains, seems obvious from the photograph, but you never know…

As well as Blitzkreig there is also Stalin’s Europe, so we might see Russian and German armoured trains in the future.

What we won’t see of course is the British armoured trains that were used following the success of Operation Sealion…