papa 695s Tamiya 1/48 Churchill Mk VII Crocodile

[papa 695]

This is going to be my build for this GB.

[Guest]

Hi Ian very good choice can't go wrong with a Churchill, will follow along.
Pete. :thumb2:

[Guest]

Nice, link-and-length tracks and a suspension that doesn’t consist of about a hundred parts

[Steve Jones]

Nice choice Ian. Will you be basing it around Normandy WWII or something totally left field like the Egyptian Army 1950's 60's??

[papa 695]

Nice choice Ian. Will you be basing it around Normandy WWII or something totally left field like the Egyptian Army 1950's 60's??

I was thinking around Normandy, in a little diorama with some fire shooting out. But I will now take a look at some pictures of the Egyptian arm ones, now you mention it Steve.

[Guest]

Having read the history of Major General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart KBE, CB, DSO, MC and giving him his rightly deserved full title I shall grab a seat.
Considering the mere sight of this in battle could gain surrendered from the Germans who were rightly terrified of this tank .

[Windy]

I was thinking around Normandy, in a little diorama with some fire shooting out. But I will now take a look at some pictures of the Egyptian arm ones, now you mention it Steve.

Or winter cam for Operation Blackcock and the later fighting in the Reichswald. They were also used at the crossing of the Senio in Italy and I think in Korea too.

[papa 695]

Made a start on this one.

[Fernando N]

Nice start Ian and a neat looking Croc too:thumb2:.

[Jim R]

Hi Ian
Great subject. These Tamiya 1/48 kits are usually very nice. Quite a choice of theatres the guys have suggested.
Jim

[Guest]

Hi Ian of to good start nice and clean to. Next up all those lovely wheels.
Pete. :thumb2:

[Steve Jones]

Nice start Ian. Any issues with the fit??

[papa 695]

Nice start Ian. Any issues with the fit??

No none at all.

[papa 695]

Hi Ian of to good start nice and clean to. Next up all those lovely wheels.
Pete. :thumb2:

The wheels are easy Pete, there all one piece.

[papa 695]

Made up all the tracks, very easy being link and length. Going to paint the lower part of the hull and tracks, then put them on, before putting the top part of the lower hull and side skirts on.

And as you can see I’ve also built the turret.