From KenR: 28mm M11/39 Tanks Part Deux (65 Points)

A late post for me as these should have gone up on Saturday so for my "3 Tanks A Week" personal challenge, these are last week's triplets.

Another 3 x 28mm Blitzkrieg Miniatures Italian M11/39 tanks with a couple of Perry Miniatures crew. These were the original victims of #flakegate so they have been back through the prep process (that I did pre challenge!) but this time in addition to the scrubbing they have been brushed with rubbing alcohol, rinsed and then given a layer of plastic primer, before the normal primer / base coat. In short a real faff.

On top of the basic desert colour (dry brushed, washed and chipped) I have added some green camo pattern common to this vehicle type to make them a bit more interesting. Decal wise there is just a Company recognition badge and individual tank number on the rear of the machine gun turret.

Points wise it's a steady 65, 3 x 28mm vehicles at 20 a piece and two halves of a 28mm figure for 5.

So that concludes the voting from the Italian jury, 9 tanks done (to add to the pre-challenge collection) which nicely finished off my Italian Desert Force. This week's entries (flaking permitting) will be some A13s for my British. So here's a picture of Team Italia to end the post.

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Great work Ken. Your posts cause me to experience many hobby reactions...I am impressed at the rate at which you are generating and finishing new vehicles for your impressive collection. I am also impressed, as always, at your tremendous painting skills. And I am further away than ever from ordering anything from Blitzkrieg - even though they clearly look great once all the "faffing" is completed.  I was so very close to making my order, but I have been deterred by #flakegate...

Ken, your stubborn commitment to this project is to be commended! We look forward to the tanks for the British later this week (#flakegate permitting, of course). 

GregB