Australian howitzer-equipped Matilda II tank in combat at the Battle of Tarakan.
This is the Warlord Games’ standard Matilda II plastic version. You can make either the Matilda II with 2pdr or the Matilda II CS. As the CS versions with the 3″ Howitzer were used by the Australians as their command tank when available, I have chosen to put together that version.
When getting the sprues ready I found out that the Western Desert/Pacific version was the easiest to put together as it has one piece tracks and not as many parts, so the task would be quicker than I thought.
The only pieces that were difficult to put together were those attached to the turret. The instructions were vague and I needed to get some reference books out to make sure these smaller bits were in the right place.
The kit came with two sets of tracks, a second turret version, and some odds and sods extras. I used these to make up a destroyed Matilda that could be used as either scatter terrain or for when a tank is destroyed. This turned out OK for pieces that would otherwise be thrown out or stored forever in the bits box.
Nicely done, Dave! 🙂 Handy being able to use those spare bits for a wreck marker!
Thanks John. There were so many “spare” optional parts I thought i should do something with them.
Very nice!
Thanks M22
Another great looking tank Dave, and nice use of the spare bits.
Glad you like it Dave. I don’t like wasting things!
Wow Dave I do like the wrecked tank!
Thanks Pat. I like the way it turned out as well.
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Nice one- good tto use up the spare bits too.
Cheers,
Pete.
The wreck came up better than the kit! loved how the rust worked.
Agreed with the group – great job on both the functional and the ruined vehicles!
Thanks everyone!