Tamiya 1/35 Churchill

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Hi all, I started this as a quick, low pressure 'fun' build a couple of weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm pretty pleased with the outcome, it represents a vehicle of the North Irish Horse in Italy in Spring 1945. I've put together a blog post about the construction with a bigger gallery here: https://warhammeradjacent.wordpress.com/2021/11/23/the-kindness-of-strangers-tamiya-churchill-vii/

 

 

 

 

The stowage is from the Ballistic Turtle set with a tarp made from paper and VMS paper shaper coated with acrylic binders. I have been struggling with tarps but I think this works a lot better than green stuff and is much easier to work with.

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The insignia are painted with masks, the 21st Independent Tank Brigade badge was particularly challenging but looks ok under a layer of grime.

 

I'm building a rubble road base for another build but thought I'd see how the Churchill looked on top, it's certainly a handsome tank!

 

Thanks for looking.

[Buzby061]

Very well done, nicely painted, weathered & scuffed.. I did one last year & appreciate the buildability even more now as I'm currently tackling the AFV Club Churchill AVRE.

 

Pete

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Thanks, I've been looking at the AFV club ones and thinking about giving them a go. They look like great kits but I hear the suspension is more complicated than the real thing.

[Buzby061]

1 hour ago, WarhammerAdjacent said:

Thanks, I've been looking at the AFV club ones and thinking about giving them a go. They look like great kits but I hear the suspension is more complicated than the real thing.

It's a bit of a faff but I did find his here before I did my Churchill Carpet Layer a few years ago. It eases the pain a bit! The kits are also very detailed / over complicated. Delete where inapplicable.

 

 

Pete

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Thanks, I’ll give it a go

[Planes123]

Great one mate!

[Nenad Ilijic]

Lovely result Stefan. I like those hand painted markings a lot.

 

Nenad

[vytautas]

Excellent work.

Your Churchill looks simply fantastic, great painting and weathering job, also nice photography

 

Vytautas

[Modelholic]

Had one of these years ago. But it didn't look as good as yours!

I built an AFV Club AVRE during 1st lockdown, and, although complicated, thoroughly enjoyed the build.

Tom

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Thanks all, I really appreciate the kind words. It's a lovely vehicle to build and the detail makes painting great fun.

[Badder]

Excellent stuff.

Love the finish on it. Strangely enough, my Churchill also ended up with a nice silky sheen on it. This occurred because it was the first time I used weathering powders and I kinda 'scrubbed them in' so much it polished the paint! lol But it did give a really nice realistic effect IMO and made it look like a big lump of metal.

 

Rearguards,

Badder

Edited November 27, 2021 by Badder

[Autle]

Superb, I like the tone of this model. Making the overall green paint job look interesting isn't easy but you've nailed it.

[WarhammerAdjacent]

Thanks all.

 

On 28/11/2021 at 00:01, Autle said:

Superb, I like the tone of this model. Making the overall green paint job look interesting isn't easy but you've nailed it.

 

Thanks, I've been working on getting green finishes right, hopefully that'll help me improve at other schemes.