This is my third and final A9 Cruiser from the PSC box set. As the other two were painted up for the disastrous Battle of France, I opted for a desert colour scheme, to try out a few painting techniques and begin an early war British army in the desert. I stuck with the classic 2 pounder gun in the main turret but heavily customised the tank with some furniture but also two fuel tanks that came with the set, but I couldn't find any online photos of where exactly they go. So I opted for positioning somewhere between a T34 and a photo of an A10 Cruiser.
With regard to the paint scheme, I initially tried the slightly strange blue and grey green classic British desert colours but used a completely wrong shade of blue! In the end I deleted it and kept to a standard sand colour, in this case Games Workshop's excellent Karak Stone. Highlights were done with Ushabti Bone again, and I kept the tracks grey. For the weathering / subtle camouflage I used GW's Typhus Corrosion. When I finally got on with the painting I was pleased with the end result.
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