You have been a busy boy recently Richard...all good stuff. It still amazes me the amount of really good kit the French had at the outbreak of the war..Poorly deployed and even worse led, if the French High command had got their act together the result could have been very different.
I plan and work in batches, the resin M14s were easy quick builds and this one was pretty straight forward also - so all built alongside the plastic British vehicles, undercoated together, then painted in batches. Yes the French I some good kit and far more tanks than the Germans, but one man turrets and lack of radios led to poor coordination in attack or defence. Top this with the high command still fighting WW1 on the mapboard led to disaster.
Nice little Renault, the figure makes all of a difference. Pity that Shellhole Scenics stopped trading. I paint all of my French vehicles for mainland France 1940, can't beat those cammo schemes. Regards, Pat
Cheers Pat. Ian Clunie has had health problems for many years and then the collapse of his website and export postage issues were the final nails so to speak. I don`t actually have much in the way of 1940 France specific equipment, as you say those camo schemes are just wonderful, but I like my kit to be more generic. This R-35 may actually feature as part of a French Resistance 1944 uprising game I`m toying with - we`ll see how the design works out :)
Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteMore games in Lebanon & Syria would get a thumbs up from me 😉
Cheers,
Geoff
Thanks Geoff, I`ve written and posted AARs for 10 games - I think I`ve done my bit :)
DeleteLovely little model and very nicely done, like the addition of the commander, very nice.
ReplyDeletevery kind, comments much appreciated :)
DeleteYou have been a busy boy recently Richard...all good stuff. It still amazes me the amount of really good kit the French had at the outbreak of the war..Poorly deployed and even worse led, if the French High command had got their act together the result could have been very different.
ReplyDeleteI plan and work in batches, the resin M14s were easy quick builds and this one was pretty straight forward also - so all built alongside the plastic British vehicles, undercoated together, then painted in batches. Yes the French I some good kit and far more tanks than the Germans, but one man turrets and lack of radios led to poor coordination in attack or defence. Top this with the high command still fighting WW1 on the mapboard led to disaster.
DeleteNice little Renault, the figure makes all of a difference. Pity that Shellhole Scenics stopped trading. I paint all of my French vehicles for mainland France 1940, can't beat those cammo schemes. Regards, Pat
ReplyDeleteCheers Pat. Ian Clunie has had health problems for many years and then the collapse of his website and export postage issues were the final nails so to speak. I don`t actually have much in the way of 1940 France specific equipment, as you say those camo schemes are just wonderful, but I like my kit to be more generic. This R-35 may actually feature as part of a French Resistance 1944 uprising game I`m toying with - we`ll see how the design works out :)
DeleteA very nice piece and as you say good for numerous theatres.
ReplyDeleteThanks Stuart, I like my stuff to be as generic as possible
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