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

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Very nice job.

[Helen]

Lovely work Richard. The vehicle and crew has come up a treat.

Best regards,

H

[lou passejaire]

very nice job ...
but why did you let them wear Kakhi shorts , they are not regulation ones 

[moiterei_1984]

Absolutely outstanding! The camo is a real winner 

[Mason]

The most wonderful green and brown worms that I have ever seen.
Bravo, Mon Capitaine.
 

[Vanvlak]

C'est tres jolie if you'll pardon my French 

[Plynkes]

She's a beaut! I was going to say "little beaut" but then again she's not all that little, is she?

[Captain Blood]

No, she's quite a beast. Basically a large armoured truck - bigger than the small French tanks.

Merci beaucoup tout le monde... I must admit, I'm sceptical about the camo scheme. It looks a bit garish and overstated to me, but that seems to be how the French liked it... That idiosyncratic sense of Gallic design
I shall have plenty of opportunity to experiment with alternatives on the rest of the convoy... I have so far tracked own about 200 different WW2 French AFV camo schemes on Google

but why did you let them wear Kakhi shorts , they are not regulation ones 

i/ They started out green and faded fast to natural linen in the desert sun...
ii/ Les chefs decided as it was non-regulation to go without his shirt, they would allow this poilu to wear non-standard shorts too...

[Duff]

Phwoar, your work always inspires Sid James levels of appreciation in me.

[BillK]

This is a wonderful thread... wish there were many more like it.
(Not complaining because LAF has many great threads!)
Keep 'em coming.

[lou passejaire]

I must admit, I'm sceptical about the camo scheme. It looks a bit garish and overstated to me, but that seems to be how the French liked it... That idiosyncratic sense of Gallic design

and also  the strict sand color


( Vichy-Vichy-Free French-Vichy and sand colored one Free French just before Bir Hakeim )

France :
365 kind of cheeses
same number of camo schémes 

[ARKOUDAKI]

  Nice French truck Richard. Your painting just keeps getting better and better....and your threads longer and longer!

[Captain Blood]

Thanks Rob 

Marvellous pictures Lou 

[Captain Blood]

Next up... The Rubicon Models (ex-Neucraft) Hotchkiss H39...

An absolutely gorgeous little model. Nothing added, except for the commander - a Perry DAK Marder crewman with legs amputated, a French headswap and a Green Stuff sand scarf...











Close up...



Starting to enjoy the endlessly weird and varied French camo patterns now...

[OSHIROmodels]

Splendid 

I really like the rusty exhaust pipe.