Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30

[OSHIROmodels]

Comprehensive 

Glad to see you back at it though 

[Captain Blood]

Comprehensive 

I like to share my findings, for the benefit of future generations 

[Keith]

Brilliant, the long awaited Vichy have started!

Being a glutton for punishment i added a lot of extra detail to the 75mm ... in my defense I had time on my hands.

Lou was really helpful when it came to the AFV colours - Tanake's are pretty easy to find, and a lot of the Hotchkiss etc. seem to have been in the standard Ochre/Olive scheme but there is very little concrete photographic proof. There's a good series of pics showing Australians mucking about with captured Vichy tanks which was really helpful.

[gamer Mac]

Very nice start
I look forward to the progress

[Captain Blood]

Cheers Colin
It's going to be a project over the next few months... I've got two rifle sections too, one Senegalese. Plus HMG, mortar etc...

Lou was really helpful when it came to the AFV colours - Tanake's are pretty easy to find, and a lot of the Hotchkiss etc. seem to have been in the standard Ochre/Olive scheme but there is very little concrete photographic proof. There's a good series of pics showing Australians mucking about with captured Vichy tanks which was really helpful.

Thanks Keith. I shall try to find those... 

[Keith]

Save you the bother :-)

https://www.google.com/search?q=vichy+french+tank+australian&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2yeDwvefbAhUBCZoKHXo-C9wQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=966

[Poiter50]

The Australians actually used some of them Div recce as at that time, they still had Mk VI Bs and Universal Carriers.

[redzed]

about time you pulled your finger out, slacker. 

[Dr Mathias]

Interesting assortment of vehicles, I enjoyed your observations on building them as well. I thought those Rubicon vehicles were plastic when I first saw them.

[Plynkes]

I love that Tracky. I didn't know you could get those. I think I shall have to get one of those and paint it up for a birthday present for my dad. He's a Traction nut and has a 1939 Legere that spent the war under a pile of hay in a barn, hiding from the Germans.

[lou passejaire]

i'm still disturbing but ... 
no H39 on Vichy side in Levant ( keep it for a future Free French in Levant one  )
no panhard 178 on both sides
no P16


as always, wikipedia is the worst source 
we have a quite complete list of the vehicles in service in levant ...
and some funny stuff, such as the FT75BS , the 75mm autocanon, the various light desert armoured cars .

some pictures of R35 and FT in levant :






seem's that part of the R35 were  olive green ( may be those who were planned for export ) and the other one in 3-4 tones renault camo ...

[lou passejaire]

last one :



 

[lou passejaire]

On the "sand" color ( called ocher in French regulation ) the theory was that only the vehicles of the desertic areas were painted ocher .
in levant , the armoured cars used in the Syrian desertic areas were painted ocher . but ( it's french so you always have a but ... some kind of pain in the ass ,) as vehicles and platoons moved from areas to areas , and the paint was scarce after the fall of France ... you can have units with a mix of camo, sand and olive green.
 

[Malamute]

Meh, more WB2

I’m sure you’ll do it justice though 

[Keith]

Love that picture of the Ft17s and 75mm together.