Hey folks,
Here’s another quick OOB build - I wanted to do a Crusader after watching some videos on Operation Crusader (heh) and Battleaxe. Nicely looking vehicle, but honestly not as great as its reputation suggests.
Italeri/Tamiya Crusader III (1/35). This was good practice before I work on the Border Model kit in the future. Apparently in 1942/43, there was an order to repaint in-theater tanks with Green (The Tunisian area was supposedly quite full of vegetation and not a desert) - I based the info rom Paul Owen/Starmer posts in Missing-Lynx. I chose Tamiya XF-81 Dark Green II as it is a RAF color and I thought there might be a chance the tank depots got a hold of some spare cans of paint from their RAF counterparts.
Anyway, thanks for looking.
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Very sweet looking build! Good to see an old school build! A++
Thank you for posting this inspirational model. I have one in the stash to break out and do one day.
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Excellent job Nigel. That old kit still builds up nicely. Nice finish.
I have the Border kit in my stash as well but it will have to wait for other projects ahead of it.
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Thanks Wade. Regardless of any inaccuracies, the kit was surprisingly pleasant to build aside from the sand shields (and that’s mainly because their attachment is pretty vague and loose). I actually purchased a Crusader I after this as I’d like to do a caunter scheme on this vehicle.
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Thanks Richard. After looking at the Border Model kit - I can say that it is certainly better detailed than the venerable but still decent italeri kit. Would definitely like to build it in a North African themed Group Build in the future.
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