1st Armourfast M10 Tank Destroyer

This is my first of two M10 Tank Destroyers for my WW2 late war Americans, made by Armourfast. With its open turret, formidable 76mm gun and distinctive sloped hull sides, it is one of my favourite military vehicles in terms of appearance. Sadly the exposed crew compartment and substitution of speed for armour, in line with American tank destroyer doctrine, rendered the M10 a flawed design.

I followed a YouTube painting tutorial intended for a larger scale 1/56 model but found it really useful.

The link can be found below:

https://youtu.be/KUu-TX7EYOw

The main colours used were GW Deathworld Forest Green for the main body, GW Dawnstone for the tracks, and GW Steel Legion Drab for the mud weathering. The body and tracks were further weathered with GW Nuln Oil and GW Agrax Earthshade Inks respectively.

I used some spare furniture and accessories to create the impression of a busy fighting vehicle loaded with supplies. The two crew members in the turret come from Italeri US infantry set 6120, chopped a little on the bases to fit inside.

I have loads of WW2 armoured fighting vehicles in my collection in need of repainting and customising. By chipping away at one or two tanks at a time, I'm not overwhelmed, and really enjoy the individual revamps.

My next WW2 tank rolling off the hobby table will be my second King Tiger, from Pegasus Hobbies.

A productive weekend...

Life has once again proven hectic so I thought I'd take 10 minutes to get a blog entry done. The first chilled weekend I've had in a month gave me some time to finish off a few projects that have populated my model trays for a little while.

The horsemen are the last of my English Civil War units - a Royalist Cavalry squadron and a Parliamentarian Reiters squadron. The colours are kept simple - red Cavaliers and muted yellow Roundheads.

Hopefully I can try out the One Hour Wargames rules with these lads in the coming months. 

The vehicles are a couple of M1 Abrams for my US Team Yankee forces - one of them is from an earlier post but the one on the right is a new repaint. I managed to get 4 Revell M1s, already assembled, off of ebay at a reasonable price, and one of these now stands ready to stem the Soviet tide.

The middle tank is a M10 Tank Destroyer which will be part of my future US 1944 wargaming army. I followed a painting tutorial I found on YouTube and I'm really happy with the end result. It's certainly worthy of a separate blog post when I get the time!

What's next? I've got another T-55 assembled, and I'm considering painting some Soviet infantry to accompany it onto the battlefield. Onwards, to victory!