Well, this Churchill runs side-by-side with Matilda 6 pdr...

Start togheter and finish together...

Quick projects and oddballs vehicles...

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regards

Very very nice build and paint job marcos
Thank's for showing your pictures.
neil.............

Extremly well done; love the weathering on her

Excellent Marcos, good work on what looked like an involved conversion, and beautifully weathered too. I noticed that the jerrycan on the rear is not tied down, but other than that, I love it.

Hi Marcos,

Another cracking conversion, excellent stuiff. The tracks are a might clean compared to the reast of the weathering, might want to add a little mud to those.

Very nice work as usual.

Al

Hey Marcos,
Great job on the NA75 !!!
Yeah, a bit more mud on the tracks would help but otherwise you've done a superb job on the conversion.
Cheers

jjumbo

Very nice build. I built this one as "Cork" several years ago.

Thanks...

Nick ...big hug !!

Henk...obrigado !!
About jerry-can,, I just forgot ... I will make the handle of leather ...

Alan and John, I agree..
The tracks are really very clean ...
Dirt on them! I will provide ...

Dave, thanks again !!!



Plastic (and resinous...) hug!!!

Marcos great stuff! One thing you may or may not want to switch is the fact that Churchill 75NAs replaced the hull Besa MG with a second .30cal Browning. Since the turret was going to have a .30 coaxial anyways, the fitters switched out the hull Besa so two different types of ammo would not need to be carried for the tank.

If you've never read the origins of the Churchill 75NA, look at this memoir. It's fascinating!
http://www.track48.com/articles/research/na75/index.html

Roy, danke for the link and the tip...

How is the appearance of .30 mantelet in the hull?

You or somebody would have some photo?


TIA

Marcos, very nice build. I would like to do one myself.
Great job!

Tom

Thanks, Tom....

Indeed, it is worth!

Roy, hi...

I found this picture:

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The mantlet looks like the same of the Besa...

They passed through mantelet Besa the barrel of .30 Browning?

The barrel of the .30 seems much more "caliber" !!!

lovely work Marcos,

Really nicely done.

James

In the article above, it states that the Besa MG carriage was adopted to hold the .30cal and shows a internal cradle adapter.. No alteration of the external armored cradle seems apparent. If I were you, I'd just swap out the barrels.

James, thanks a lot !!!!

regards

Ok...Good tip !!
I follow that...and post new pictures soon !!

regards

Marcos very nice job. a job very well done on this conversion. Pat yourself on the back. Thanks for sharing. You really NAILED this one!

Well...

I remove the BESA machine gun of the hull ...


Cut the barrel of one old .30 Browning (spare box)...


... and put in the position:






Much Better !!!!!!

Thanks, Roy, for the tip !!!!

regards and all the best !!!

Panzerserra

Thanks, James !!!!

All the best !!

Congratulations Marcos for an excellent build - well done!

As 'Adventurer' was one of 25th Tank Brigade's 51st Battalion Royal Tank Regiment, perhaps you may be interested in learning more about her.

The Arm of Service number should be 162 - 163 was that of 142nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps.
As she was part of 1 Troop, insertion of the numeral '1', in white, is appropriate.
Although the standardisation of insignia by RAC, which took effect in 1942, allowed units to chose names for their tanks they were to be painted in the colour relative to the unit's seniority. The unit in which I served, the North Irish Horse, somehow got away with outlining in white the red letters.
As the various tank brigade diabolos were virtually unrecognisable, commanding officers were permitted to insert them either in a shield or circle of their own design. 25th Tank Brigade did so prior to leaving the UK, 34th Tank Brigade prior to D-Day and 21st Tank Brigade after arriving in Italy.

For further information see:
http://northirishhorse.net/articles-2/Insignia/Churchills.html
http://northirishhorse.net/articles-2/Units/25thTB.html

Gerry Chester
www.northirishhorse.net

PS I recall 'Adventurer' being mentioned in 51st RTR voluminous War Diaries but cannot remember if she was the Na75 or her predecessor a Mark IV. When I get back to my home base, which is some several thousand miles from my present location, will post the detail.

Gerry...
In addition to building the models, I love the historical research involved in the process ...

Thank you for your interest ...

I'm waiting for ...

regards and TIA, again...