For
my armour bonus round submission I have two Rolls Royce Armoured Cars
in 15mm. These are the venerable 1924 pattern cars used in the Western
Desert by the 11th Hussars in 1940. The models are by Battlefront.
The
11th Hussars were the divisional recon unit for the Western Desert
Force, later the famous Seventh Armoured Division the Desert Rats.
About this time last Challenge I was thinking of doing Operation
Compass and or the East African campaigns in 15mm using I Ain't Been
Shot Mum by the Lardies. I got the Lardys supplements for these
campaigns and some figures. But then I had a number of realizations - I
didn't like 15s or at least Battlefronts 15s, tanks are too fiddly to
paint, too much drab and our group already had a gazillion WWII kit.
Anyway,
these got primed last Challenge and painted this Challenge. They are
pretty much front the box, with some added kit from my bits box in the
back. I tried to modify the steel hats into berets to suit the 11th. I
tried a simplified Caunter camo pattern. My ancient Vanguard has a
picture where the Car is without markings, so I didn't do any either.
There's a blank space at the back for unit labels in case I ever do
dome.
Nice armoured cars Peter - huzzah for the hussars! :)
ReplyDeleteCheers Tamsin!
Deletelovely
ReplyDeleteThanks Martin
DeleteSuper Rolls recon unit!
ReplyDeleteCheers Jonathon!
DeleteVery nice. I've always had a soft spot for armored cars.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rod. I like the smaller armoured stuff more than the heavies.
DeleteA pair of beauties. (and similar camo to mine, but I went blue as I could take the colours from Bovington Tank museum!)I like what I see and great minds think alike.
ReplyDeleteCheers Clint. I like your larger scale Rolls too.
DeleteGreat work Peter - I like the back story or starting in one challenge and then painting in another :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Greg. There's always left overs from a Challenge!
DeleteCracking job Peter.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael.
DeleteThanks Barks
ReplyDeleteNice work Peter and always did like the old cars.
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Thanks Christopher.
DeleteGreat addition to the motorpark Peter, they look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sander
DeleteVery nice, love the use of colour on these guys!
ReplyDeleteThanks James. I like colour, so this camo pattern suits me.
DeleteA lovely pair of Rolls, Peter. I may have a use for those in a future scenario...
ReplyDeleteThanks Curt. Do let me know when you want to use the Rolls and I'll have Jeeves make it ready for you.
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