re: Vader’s Model Desk: British A34 “Comet” Cruiser Tank

You don't do it much, and I understand , it's a lot more work, but adding model soldiers like that really makes it pop.

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You don't do it much, and I understand , it's a lot more work, but adding model soldiers like that really makes it pop.

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Thanks. Not all kits even come with crewmen. Sometimes I feel like doing them, others I don’t. I never put them in aircraft because I like to see the cockpit details. Overall I’m happy with how these turned out. I may start doing more of them this way.

Another fine piece...

Man thats Cool !!

Great work on a great tank.

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I'm going to build a M48 and have it in a Vietnam dio. The last tank I've built was that Tiger years ago. I'm afraid I'm not much on US armor colors from the 40s to 70s eras. I know its an olive drab, correct? But its not the same OD used on planes? Wouldn't armor and helos be the same OD?

As a kid I built Tamiya's 1/35 M48 and saw the same kit a few years ago. Still have that old model but wanted to try it again with all I know now.

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I was unaware Tamiya has a M48 kit. I built the Monogram M48 several years ago. Like most Monogram kits, the quality was poor.

FYI, there is a meticulously restored FT17 at the Museum of the American GI in College Station, TX if you want some reference material for that kit. I believe it may be is US Army livery, as the French gave them to us.

The issue with both the Matilda and the Churchill is that they are painfully slow. They were intended as "infantry tanks" and thus moved at infantry speeds. In reality, the Brits used more Shermans with the short gun as infantry tanks than anything else.

Ironically, the British infantry didn't really work well with their tankers, tending to go to ground or retreat at the first signs of resistance often as not. For that reason, British tankers often preferred to work with American infantry, who would both fight and call in artillery/air support immediately.

The Comet was arguably one of the first "main battle tanks" like we have today, and arguably was one of the best overall tanks of the war. It led to the excellent Centurion MBT.

This is the one I built as a kid. First released in 1964.

Never have built any Takom kits or know that much about them. I do want to get a1/35 Rye Field Miniatures M1A2 and an Asuka 1/35 M4