A-15 Crusader

[MORIARTY1177]

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Hi all,

This an old Airfix 1/32 scale crusader which was very kindly donated to me by one of my clients.

I had intended it to be part of a dio (hence the base) with a burnt out Panzer IV but having part built the Tamiya 1/35 Panzer and put a coat of paint on it even to my non expert eye the scale difference seemed blatantly obvious.

I then proceeded to loose my mojo on that build so have shelved it for now and am considered the A-15 a finished independent model. This was my first larger scale piece of armour and although it wasn't a great kit and despite my inexperience with aromour weathering I'm fairly happy with it.

All comments etc. welcome

Cheers

Chris

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[mobear]

wow and double wow,never seen one of these tanks before,looks really good to me,lovely build and weathering

mobear

 

[Ian M]

Yep! looks like a Crusader to me, Nice build.

If I may say one thing, you have forgotten to paint the 'Tyres' on the road wheels. A job I am sure you can manage, if of course everything is not glued down...

Never the less a great result, well done.

Ian M

 

[geegad]

Nice build and a super top weathering job and my favorite British armour as well love it

 

[MORIARTY1177]

Thanks for the comments guys. I may try and paint the rubber on the road wheels Ian but it is all stuck together but not stuck down. After losing my mojo I kind of couldn't be bothered. I must confess it wasn't a nice feeling not wanting to crack on with a build but that should not be an excuse for shoddy workmanship.

Regards

Chris

 

[papa 695]

Hi Chris what a great looking Crusader ( even without painting the tyres ) even more better because its hard to finnish anything well when the mojo leaves

 

[CDW]

Even with no black on the tyres it's not shoddy mate.

Great build of a not very often seen model Chris.

 

[MORIARTY1177]

Thanks guys your feedback is much appreciated as always. I must say I've always thought the crusader to be one of the nicest looking tanks of the period.

Also If anyone has a 1/35 M3 Grant/Lee in the stash that they're be willing to sell/swap I'd be very interested as I'd like to put one in with the currently shelved Panzer wreck dio.

Cheers

Chris

 

[Ian M]

The 'forum shop' has the italeri Crusader in 1/35, its a nice kit and builds into a fine example, I did one a while ago.

I have the Academy M3 in the stash, but you ain't gettin' it!

Ian M

 

[treyzx10r]

I'm no armor expert but that looks really sharp! cheers Trey

 

[Gern]

I wouldn't have noticed the tyres as I'm no armour expert (in fact, I'm no expert at anything come to think of it!). It still looks fabulous to me though.

Gern

 

[mossiepilot]

Thats a great looking Crusader Chris.

Nice work.

Tony.

 

[MORIARTY1177]

Cheers guys, much appreciated.

I don't know about you guys but I find that when I'm looking at my builds in the flesh they don't look half as good as they do in photos?!?a

Maybe it's because I will always see any flaws when in the flesh. (or I'm to critical of my own work)

Regards

Chris