M3 Stuart “Honey” & Matilda III (Infantry Tank Mark IIА *) Kaunter scheme
Good afternoon, dear colleagues!
I present the just completed double of two models of tanks of the British Empire in service in North Africa. I really wanted to implement different versions of the Kaunter scheme, and therefore the idea was born to assemble two tanks at once in two-color and three-color camouflage variants. The assembly had to work a lot with the M3 STUART. The model was released long ago and does not accurately convey the image of an American tank in the service in the desert. MATILDA was fine and demanded small improvements. I made rolls of tarpaulin and blankets of the crew and finalized the antenna fixing unit.
These turned out brothers in arms. 🙂
With all respect, Andrey.
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Jeff Bailey said on May 4, 2019
Andrey, take it from an old tanker who spent many moons under desert sunshine, you did really well with these examples. The 2 different schemes look great and are well executed.
Your additions & tarps, etc. look great!
Bravo!
Andrey Rybushkin said on May 4, 2019
Jeff, thanks for the nice words! Very nice to hear what I did with camouflage and weathering. With all respect, Andrey.
gary sausmikat said on May 4, 2019
Sharp looking builds, Andrey. Nice job!
Andrey Rybushkin said on May 4, 2019
Thanks, Gary. I am very glad that my models liked it! With all respect, Andrey.
Pedro L. Rocha said on May 4, 2019
Very good tanks, that scheme is one of my favourites, wich is perhaps trickier to paint than one initially thinks. Fantastic double presentation
Andrey Rybushkin said on May 4, 2019
Pedro, thank you! I’ve been building models for more than 20 years, but this is the first time I’ve taken this coloring! For me it was a test! ))))
With all respect, Andrey.
Craig Abrahamson said on May 4, 2019
Extremely well done, Andrey….outstanding work right there.
Andrey Rybushkin said on May 4, 2019
Craig, thanks! For me, the campaign in North Africa is very interesting! Hope that I have enough time to build other models of Allied equipment for that period. They are very interesting to me.
With all respect, Andrey.
David Mills said on May 4, 2019
Lovely work Andrey!
Andrey Rybushkin said on May 4, 2019
David, thank you!
With all respect, Andrey.
neil foster said on May 4, 2019
Andrey,
I love what you have done with these kits, the Matilda is my favourite all time tank, I have the same kit here on iModeller ,I was pretty pleased with mine but your weathering is better. Why don’t you add the crew to finish her off though ?.Well done on a great combo.
N.
Andrey Rybushkin said on May 4, 2019
Neil, very pleased for the positive evaluation of my work!
Camouflage for the desert – complex camouflage! And I was going for a long time to execute it on a model. Gaining experience. 🙂 But the figures for me is not yet achievable. I am now doing a diorama, but I gave the figures to the other master. I still can not.
With all respect, Andrey.
Robert Royes said on May 4, 2019
A nice set of tanks! They look great.
bob mack said on May 4, 2019
very fine work
Carmelo Rodrigo said on May 5, 2019
A great job of weathering and also in duplicate
SALUDOS
Andrey Rybushkin said on May 5, 2019
Thank you friends for the kind words that inspire me to continue building models!
With all respect, Andrey.