After the Tremendous success of the plucky littleA11 Matilda infantry tank in the early fighting in France, orders were placed for a new, improved design using the same war-winning concept. The new tank would have better, more robust suspension, even heavier armour, two 0.5in Vickers in an electrically rotated turret and a purpose built cooker for brewing up the tea.
Two man tanks are fairly universally seen as a poor idea. I think they’re fun, in a militarized, banana splits sort of way. Started on this yesterday morning and promptly lost track of time. So, serious portrayal of a what-if British infantry tank based on details and mechanics from other contemporary designs.
No definitely not the warhammers. Pretty much all of the design queues are from Churchill with some valentine thrown in. The chaps over at GW have always had a penchant for WW1 tanks, too many guns in useless sponson arrangements. And no suspension. Which always bugged me.
Went back and improved the track-links and swapped out the return rollers for a more churchilly skid. Also slightly larger (and raised) sprocket/idler. Which had the added pleasing effect of making the suspension more visible. Win.
Once you’ve finished up your “serious” sort-of “what-if” design, I think you could also take the CAD and play around with the proportions and revise the turret a bit to make up a “Churchill Toon Tank.”
“Toon” models are becoming increasingly popular, and so far as I know, no regular manufacturer has released a toon Churchill.
Would definitely need the trailer from Crocodile.
Not sure the Centurion smoke dischargers look right - bit too blocky - nah, whole thing is blocky, part of the charm, but they stick out too far?
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