Mk.V Stuart tank ; indian Army vignette - Somewhere in the Himalayas ...

[Basuroy]

This 72nd scale Vignette depicts a Mk.V Stuart tank of Indian Army en route to Zojila Pass during Operation Bison .
 

During the '48 war , Pakistani Invaders captured the heights overlooking the pass and entrenched themselves with heavy machine guns. To uproot them , Indian Army did what was never done before and fielded the Stuart light tanks , which had to be disassembled and transferred to the hostile region after cutting a suitable path through sheer rocks , at an altitude of over 10,000 ft. which at that time was the highest altitude at which tanks had been used .

The kit is by Mirage hobby , vignette made with plaster for rocks and mainly sponge for foliage with some moss thrown in. Tanks were repossessed American or British machines from the war and often had hastily hand painted markings. This would be the second ever diorama I have made and I am already enjoying venturing into this side of the hobby  












Regards and thank you for watching
 

[Terry1954]

That's a very neat little model, and the setting is unusual and eye catching.

 

Well done!

 

Terry

[SoftScience]

Really nice composition, and bonus points for building a representative from a history not that often modelled in the west.

[Rogue705]

Fantasic, love the diorama 👍