Cromwell '46 X-tanks .... winter camo update

wbill76 wrote:

Looking good Brent! In a couple of the pics it looks like some of the road wheels on both sides of the Kugelblitz armed Hummel variant have gone out of alignment, might want to check for additional damage or weakening in the mount arms.

Thnx Bill,  and yeah you're right. I was kinda hoping it wouldnt be so noticable once weathered. I built the basic vehicle up a couple of years ago and stashed it in a drawer. Its from an Attack Nashorn kit and to be honest it isnt the best to work with. I only used it as the quality of the 72nd Dragon Nashorns had made it obsolete.  I've got a bunch of left over Dragon PzIv roadwheels from some JagdPz builds and will probably change them out for those at some stage ...........

Decided to have a go at a "Korean" style tiger face.  At present the yellow isnt really a solid colour as I was thinking it'd be brushed on pretty roughly.  It also looks a bitmore "lemony" than IRL but the weathering should cut that effect back a bit.  Also put a Black camo over the T30.

And almost finished the T29 and T28 SPG now, cept for the final the pigment weathering and crew. I've also got to source some US unit markings as I want to do the T29E3 as a USMC tank. At the moment I know precious little about US markings let alone USMC ones. I was thinking of giving it to the 1st battalion but apart from that got no real idea how to represent it.

Virtually finished now. Crews to add and some little details, probably a few tow cables and pioneer tools etc etc, oh and replacement wheels for the FSV. And probably another weathering pass or two over the running gear as its still a bit clean.   

Also got the bits on order for the rest of the Hummel SPW platoon so should be in a position to tackle them in a couple of months, trying to find the "readys" to get some replacment Shatton 30mm barrells at the same time for the FSV but the costs are hurtin a bit. Anyway got some winter camo ideas in mind to try so as to break up the "white" look of the unit .......

Brent

Would you be kind enough to tell me where you got the T29? I've been thinking of doing a Maus in the same scale and doing a diorama with these two facing off, or the T28 one, and calling it "What it could have been".

Would you be kind enough to tell me where you got the T29? I've been thinking of doing a Maus in the same scale and doing a diorama with these two facing off, or the T28 one, and calling it "What it could have been".

Would you be kind enough to tell me where you got the T29? I've been thinking of doing a Maus in the same scale and doing a diorama with these two facing off, or the T28 one, and calling it "What it could have been".

I'm glad this got resurrected! Fabulous paint, very cool subjects.