WW2 British (Late War) - commission for JC

[NTM]

Humber Armoured Car, towed 25pdrs has to be from an infantry division (not 15th as their Recce Regt had Daimlers) Dingos technically not used in infantry divisions but bttln commanders seemed to acquire all sorts of vehicles as their runarounds and they are on HQ stands.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Towed 25pdrs make up half an armoured divisions Artillery. I am afraid with the British you do have to pick a division - as all were different.

Squadron markings were often on the hull, particualrly with the armoured recce regts.

IanS

[NTM]

Towed 25pdrs make up half an armoured divisions Artillery.

I know but they did not have Humber Armoured Cars, worked with Armoured Car Regts but they used Daimlers.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Humber A/C's use in some A/Car Rgt HQ's instead of Staghound, although the Staghound is more common. Humber Lt Recce and Scout cars - Inf Div only I think, but it is hard to tell.

IanS

[NTM]

Never heard of Humber A/C used by Arm Car Regt in NWE I have to say.
LRC was pretty much exclusive to the Inf Recce Regts (why would anyone else want them?).
Humber Scouts were mainly in the liaison troops of Armoured & Tank Regts IIRC (plus a few in Inf Bttlns of Armoured Divs)
They is an article on Warwheels.net showing distribution of armoured cars in 21st Army

http://www.warwheels.net/BritACsInEurope44_45BROWN.html

Shows some Humber 37mm in the Armoured divisions though no idea where the fit in the TO&E.
Truxmodels site had pretty good info too but it went offline a month or so ago.
Only the Germans had more exceptions to the rules than us Brits though so it's almost a case on anything goes.

[nikharwood]

Right - thanks all for pointers etc: these are now complete & JC is happy with them so they're going to get varnished & packed up; I've done MM camo onto the quads but it looked odd / rubbish on the trucks so I repainted them back to plain green. This was a really enjoyable battlegroup to paint 

Once they're completely matt-ed I'll take some on-table pics for the Photos section.

[nikharwood]

[nikharwood]

[nikharwood]

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Very nice Nik, but no stripes, or pips?, no div/unit sholder flashes (says ducking). Also the Brits tended to either cover or paint out the hull/body side star, and only carry the roof one. Final one for info, 44 onward in Europe the FAC woul be an M5 1/2 track, and carry a roundel (Type A?) with all 3 colours on the bonnet. That came from Alan Halilton, his dad was one in Europe.

IanS

[fred.]

Looking really good now. Did you hand paint the tac marks? The Micky Mouse on the quads looks good.

I'll disagree with Ian over white stars - while on tanks the side white stars where painted over, soft skins seem to have remain liberally coated in them.

[nikharwood]

Forbes - thanks mate; yes, all hand-painted - and thanks to all for the help with signage etc - really appreciated & I know JC is really happy with these  

Final pics on-table are here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3429.0

[DFlynSqrl]

Looks great Nik.  That will be a sweet looking army on the table.

I tend to not be that picky on 10 mm myself.  One of the fun things of switching from 28 mm.  Any extra effort on 10 mm just makes 'em that much better in my opinion.