Anyways, the background: I recently got into French WWII armor, which seems to be a relatively unnoticed topic in armored warfare, and even more so, a rare sight in modeling as of recent. I find it interesting many of Germany's "paper tanks" or tanks which never even got off the blue prints, actually get kits made after them (and not just by the smaller resin companies! But companies like Hobby Boss and trumpeter!), while French "paper tanks" and prototypes don't get any! Tanks like the FMC36 where some of the first to include major application of sloped armor (take that T34)! But anyways, since then i have posted on armorama asking which french tank kits where a good first build other than Char B1 by Tamiya (crazy question, right?). The French UE (another kit by Tamiya) has also proven to be a good build, but is too small for my taste. So I've decided to ask my Dad for a present this year, and make up for the price by paying half of it: and that of course would be the Tamiya Char B1 Bis!
After doing some further research, I really liked the idea of building a more individual tank, one that nobody has built before, so I chose from the long list at chars-francais.net.... and that tanks name would be "meurthe". So here's some photo reference just to show you what she looks like
I really like these photos because they show the back of the tanks turret, showing the decals I am likely to put on.
Anyways, there will be more updates by December 25th!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays!
(so excited!)Alex B
