Matilda I from Zvezda
/Real life and all the work I have been doing on the IABSM early war handbooks has kept me away from the painting table recently, especially as what currently lurks there is the company of 15mm PSC late war Germans with all their camouflage and bits of kit...so, it was a relief to actually sit down and paint something else.
What did I paint, I hear you ask? A company of this? A company of that?
Regrettably not: I managed one 15mm tank!
I was reading the IABSM BEF handbook and realised that I only had two Matilda I's painted and ready to go and, as all those of you who have kindly purchased the handbook will know, they came in troops of three tanks.
I did, however, have a Zvezda Matilda I in the lead mountain. Not sure why...but I think it might have been an impulse purchase using up the last few pennies at Warfare last year rather than anything considered.
Anyway, I had one and I needed one, so built and painted it in a couple of hours.
The kit snaps together in about twenty seconds and, as you can see, paints up to be perfectly serviceable for the wargames table. I paid £1.95 for it, so very cost-effective for a tank that won't get used very often.
How does it compare to the Battlefront version?
Well, it's slightly smaller, particularly in the delicacy of the tracks, but not enough to make a difference at a distance of 3ft or so.
I am quite a fan of the Zvezda models. They are a great way of affordably fielding large numbers of tanks. Recommended.
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