PaulTRose
Dazed and confused
one i did a little while back.....a bit of whiffing for somewhere else on t'internet, one of a series of 3 i did
At the end of the North African campaign the British army re-equipped its tank Regiments with newly arrived Sherman's ready for the invasion of Italy in late '43. This left them with a large number of Crusader cruiser tanks which were perfectly usable yet out gunned and out armoured. The decision was made to try turning some into tank destroyers in the style of German and Soviet designs.
This resulted in the Mk1.....a short production run revealed that it still had limitations which led to the Mk2 with better sloped armour and a larger gun, and would become the design pattern to convert considerable numbers of Crusaders which would go on to provide sterling service in Italy and onwards into Germany
with Universal Calibrated Unit of Comparison
with a Mk1 Adder
Was made using a dead Crusader (possibly Italerai???) that I acquired in a box full of old built 1/35 tanks........main excuse to do this was to have some fun on the cheap and have a go at some improvised scratching..........everything other than the hull is either scratched or from the bits box...didn't even buy any plasticard for the casement cos I came up with a free alternative....it was a way to play around with washes and MiG dusts without using a new virgin kit......if it all went a bit Pete Tong I wasn't going to lose anything of worth
At the end of the North African campaign the British army re-equipped its tank Regiments with newly arrived Sherman's ready for the invasion of Italy in late '43. This left them with a large number of Crusader cruiser tanks which were perfectly usable yet out gunned and out armoured. The decision was made to try turning some into tank destroyers in the style of German and Soviet designs.
This resulted in the Mk1.....a short production run revealed that it still had limitations which led to the Mk2 with better sloped armour and a larger gun, and would become the design pattern to convert considerable numbers of Crusaders which would go on to provide sterling service in Italy and onwards into Germany
with Universal Calibrated Unit of Comparison
with a Mk1 Adder
Was made using a dead Crusader (possibly Italerai???) that I acquired in a box full of old built 1/35 tanks........main excuse to do this was to have some fun on the cheap and have a go at some improvised scratching..........everything other than the hull is either scratched or from the bits box...didn't even buy any plasticard for the casement cos I came up with a free alternative....it was a way to play around with washes and MiG dusts without using a new virgin kit......if it all went a bit Pete Tong I wasn't going to lose anything of worth
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