Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 4
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An Alternative Take on British Cruiser Tanks:
Why is it always the model you want now that suddenly becomes as rare as rocking horse poop! This seemed to be the case for my next donor kit for my Alt British Cruisers series - namely the Bronco Models A13 Mk II Cruiser Tank IVA. Out of stock everywhere or only available from overseas with shipping costs that would require me to remortgage my house! That is until this evening when I managed to track down a single kit in Halifax - Halifax, West Yorkshire that is, not Canada - Halifax Modellers World. Let’s hear it for the small retailers everywhere - what a gem! 👍😎👍
Why is it always the model you want now that suddenly becomes as rare as rocking horse poop! This seemed to be the case for my next donor kit for my Alt British Cruisers series - namely the Bronco Models A13 Mk II Cruiser Tank IVA. Out of stock everywhere or only available from overseas with shipping costs that would require me to remortgage my house! That is until this evening when I managed to track down a single kit in Halifax - Halifax, West Yorkshire that is, not Canada - Halifax Modellers World. Let’s hear it for the small retailers everywhere - what a gem! 👍😎👍
An Alternative Take on Bristish Cruiser Tanks Update:
With the good news of more cruiser-kit-goodness on the way (see above), I thought it only polite to post an update on the progress of my alt British cruiser tank project. So here we are with the build phase of both complete and the joys of painting about to start...
Alt Mk VIII Cruiser Tank (A27M) Cromwell:
Alt Mk VI Cruiser Tank (A15) Crusader III:
With the good news of more cruiser-kit-goodness on the way (see above), I thought it only polite to post an update on the progress of my alt British cruiser tank project. So here we are with the build phase of both complete and the joys of painting about to start...
Alt Mk VIII Cruiser Tank (A27M) Cromwell:
Alt Mk VI Cruiser Tank (A15) Crusader III:
Yep, they look great. I've always loved the british 1939-1940 tanks, and wondered what would happen if they had been properly developed further.
Both tanks look really convincing and possible, totaly top class modelling as always.
Alt Mk VI Cruiser Tank (A15) Crusader III: what is the actual new width of the tank when scaled up? Would the much wider tracks effect the handling of the tank. I assume also the ground pressure would be very much reduced (almost by one third in my estimate) which should make a real improvement in cross country performance.
Alt Mk VI Cruiser Tank (A15) Crusader III: what is the actual new width of the tank when scaled up? Would the much wider tracks effect the handling of the tank. I assume also the ground pressure would be very much reduced (almost by one third in my estimate) which should make a real improvement in cross country performance.
Actual width of the scaled up Alt Crusader III would be 3.01m - an increase of 12cm each side. Effects? Some but as you say ground pressure would be less and, importantly, maintenance and reliability in the field would be much better. Also build quality control would be much easier for those companies forced into the unfamiliar world of AFV construction.
Italy and Czechoslovakia didn't do too badly.The Brits and their rivets.
Until you can do big castings (France, USA) or welding (most people eventually) it's rivetted tanks or no tanks.
Great work as always @Claymore with the two builds - do you have any idea as to the colour scheme that you will paint each of them? I keep thinking about the Crusader in the desert btw.
Many thanks. Yup, the Crusader will be in later desert camo (possibly sand and black) and the Cromwell in NW Europe green. The earlier A13 Mk II Cruiser Mk IVA (when built) will be in the earlier 3-colour Caunter scheme camo.
Whoop, whoop! New kit arrived today - standard parcel post and it only took 2 and a half days - remarkable! 👍
The kit itself looks like a typical Bronco offering - crisp, detailed and extremely complex. Why cast a component in one piece when you can cast it in twenty or more? That each tiny piece is measured on the subatomic scale is neither here nor there! Should be fun! 🤔👍🙂
The kit itself looks like a typical Bronco offering - crisp, detailed and extremely complex. Why cast a component in one piece when you can cast it in twenty or more? That each tiny piece is measured on the subatomic scale is neither here nor there! Should be fun! 🤔👍🙂
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