Well I’ve finally finished two 28mm Bolt Action tanks, the first one is a M4 Sherman, I am not 100% happy with the mud effect on this one, but it was my first attempt at using it, but I was pleased with all the stowage… which is mostly scratch built.
The second tank is the German Panzer IV, this one the mud looks a little better, and it also has some scratch built stowage on top ( not including a few plastic bits )
The Panzer IV also comes with two turrets, one with a long barrelled 7.5cm gun, and one with a short barrelled 75mm Howitzer giving me a couple of options for this tank in my games.
These are the first two tanks I have painted for my 28mm figures, I normally paint WW2 stuff in 20mm, so it was a first for me, they are not brilliant, but overall, I am not to displeased with how they turned out.
The only thing I have to do is as soon as I sort out some decals for unit numbers etc. I will have to put them on and then they will be finished totally.
I mainly use my stuff for battles based around the D Day landings up to around the end of operation Market Garden, this for me holds the most interest in WW2… but having said that I have been looking more at the early war stuff and some of the mid-war desert stuff as well… oh dear I might be on a slippery slope here!!
Next on the painting list for these Bolt Action forces are one Stuart light tank, and one sdkfz 222, one Kubelwagen, and one 88mm Flak gun and crew, then I need to add some reinforcements for my British, and then after all those I need to do my Americans…
Ooops! Which company made the Pz IV model?
The muzzle brake is for the later Model H variant with the L48 gun, but the hull is for the early Model D/F1/F2 variants that had the L24 or L43 gun – on the PzIV with the L48 the tanks front superstructure was a continuous piece of armour with a ball mounted MG on the right side, rather than the earlier stepped armour.
I know, Nit picking =) … but they do look good, especially the Sherman. Used in small groups the games must look impressive – I mainly played at 20mm when I played WW2.
The tank was part of a small lot of second hand bits I got a while back, it is a nice resin model, but I don’t know the manufacturer sorry.
I did get a turret with a short barrel L24 as well, which is better suited for this early tank, but I needed it to pretend to be a late war Pz IV for a demo game I was putting on.
I do have a Pz III but that is still in its box, and on the list of things I need to do…