One of the Clash of Steel Starter Sets have been on my wants list ever since I found out about them at the beginning of the year. I ordered Operation Unthinkable boxed set containing the British and German tanks.
There are 17 tanks, two of which are the Tortoise heavy assault tank.
The Tortoise heavy assault tank (A39) was a British heavy assault gun design developed during the Second World War, but never put into mass production. It was developed for the task of clearing heavily fortified areas such as the Siegfried Line and as a result favoured armour protection over mobility.
This is the GF9 finished model.
This the sprue.
Constructing the model was quite simple, though initially I wasn’t quite sure about how to affix the tracks.
I did think about adding some extra weight to the model, but couldn’t find the weights I had bought in the past for this purpose.
The next stage will be a white undercoat.
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