Royal Australian Marines Vickers Medium Tank Mk.II*

[Old Wombat]

Coming to the end of the build!

Starboard tracks are on but they've given me a bit of grief.

Anyway, throwing together some figures while I wait for glue to dry, then I'll have a go at the port side tracks.

Then I'll have to re-attach all the little bits that have been knocked of in the struggle with the tracks.

[Wardukw]

 
Small tracks are so much fun ain't they ??     

[Old Wombat]

And here we are, at the end of the main build! Still working on figures, though.

So, being the nice chap I am, here are some photo's for your perusal*:
















With two of the crew (driver & TC/C^oy CO), commander of my next build (RR Armoured Car - Meng), & a Staff Officer#:






Thanks for following along!



[*: I think the photo's make her look better than when viewed directly but I haven't taken her out into natural sunlight, yet, so I could be biased by the lighting in the modelling room.]

[#: Either the GOC (Brigadier) RAM Armoured Corps or the GOC (Lt. General) RAMs. I'm leaning towards the latter, because in my History the GOC RAMs has a much more "hands-on" approach than most.]

[zenrat]

  

[PR19_Kit]

That looks very '1930s', is it?

Looks great anyway though. 

[buzzbomb]

Yep... got there. All the excellent paintwork under the mud

I like the choice of figures as well 

[Old Wombat]

Thank you, gentlemen (yes, even Fred)!    

Kit: Absolutely 1930s. My diorama (there will be one ............ eventually) will be set in the 1937/38-ish period

BT: Like I said, I went a bit overboard with the weathering. ... Again!

The figures are a mash-up of the MiniArt British Armoured Car Crew [Special Edition] (35387) & British Tank Crew [Special Edition] (35332) sets with helmets & accessories from the extra bits that come with those "Special Edition"s.

[Dizzyfugu]

Thats looking very good! 

[Old Wombat]

Thank you, Dizzy!

[Wardukw]

Beautiful work mate   
Weathering actually looks pretty good..just about right ..like it's just started an exercise. 

I can see where the Matilda ll got her tracks from 

[Rick Lowe]

Nice! 

So you did get the hatch details you needed in the end, then?

Phill - or just after one, and headed for the Tank Wash...

[NARSES2]

I really do like that, but then I have a soft spot for all things 30's   

The weathering looks about right to me. Looks like it's done/is doing some hard work.

[Old Wombat]

Thank you all, gentlemen!    

The diorama will be set in 1937/8 (maybe a bit earlier) towards the end of a large-scale exercise preparing for the expected future war in Europe, & with a weather eye on the expanding Japanese Empire to the North.

[Old Wombat]

I'm working on the four figures, at the moment.

I'll pop up some photo's when I've finished them & put the two Mk.II crewmen in their positions.

[Old Wombat]

Remember these guys?



Well, now they look like this:













Now, which smarty-pants' can tell me their ranks? 

Pictures aren't perfect, but, then, nor are the figures.