A13 Mk 1

Manufacturer: C-in-C
Genre: ¹/₂₈₅th WWII Wargaming

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Valentine Mk 2

Manufacturer: C-in-C
Genre: ¹/₂₈₅th WWII Wargaming

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PzKfw IV D

Manufacturer: C-in-C Microarmour
Genre: ¹/₂₈₅th WWII Wargaming

Comments: This Panzer IV is painted in the grey scheme used by the Germans for pretty much all military equipment up until early 1943. I find overall panzer grey a very difficult colour scheme to paint convincingly; it's very easy to over-do the highlighting, or to under-do it and end up with something that looks far too dark.

PzKfw V - Panther D

Manufacturer: Heroics & Ros
Genre: ¹/₃₀₀th WWII Wargaming

Comments: I originally airbrushed the camouflage on these models with coloured inks. They looked great when they were freshly done, but over the years the ink has faded away almost to nothing. I won't be trying that again.

PzKfw IV f2

Manufacturer: Heroics & Ros
Genre: ¹/₃₀₀th WWII Wargaming

Comments: Getting a decent-looking sprayed camouflage effect is really difficult in these very small scales. A good quality airbrush is capable of a pretty fine line, but it's very tricky to paint. On these Panzer IV models I tried drawing the patterns on the base yellow with coloured pencils, and the result isn't too terrible although the colours look a bit garish to me. Still, the search goes on for the perfect method.

Sherman M4A1

Manufacturer: Heroics & Ros
Genre: ¹/₃₀₀th WWII Wargaming

Comments: The Allies used about a zillion of these tanks in every theatre of operations, and the type was continually upgraded throughout the war and after. These ones are painted to represent vehicles in North Africa. On the wargames table — in my games, at least — they have a distressing tendency to be destroyed long before they have any chance of being able to take out a German tank.

Sherman M4A3

Manufacturer: C-in-C
Genre: ¹/₂₈₅th WWII Wargaming

Comments: This is the C-in-C version of the Sherman, in this case a later model than the M4A1 pictured above (which C-in-C don't make, oddly enough). I can't get over the level of detailing on these teensy-tiny models. This might just as easily be a ¹/₇₂nd scale kit, judging on looks alone.