It was the Armour Theme Week at the Challenge. For my armour bonus round submission I have two Rolls Royce Armoured Cars in 15mm. These are the venerable 1924 pattern cars used in the Western Desert by the 11th Hussars in 1940. The models are by Battlefront.
The 11th Hussars were the divisional recon unit for the Western Desert Force, later the famous Seventh Armoured Division the Desert Rats. About this time last Challenge I was thinking of doing Operation Compass and or the East African campaigns in 15mm using I Ain't Been Shot Mum by the Lardies. I got the Lardys supplements for these campaigns and some figures. But then I had a number of realizations - I didn't like 15s or at least Battlefronts 15s, tanks are too fiddly to paint, too much drab and our group already had a gazillion WWII kit.
Anyway, these got primed last Challenge and painted this Challenge. They are pretty much front the box, with some added kit from my bits box in the back. I tried to modify the steel hats into berets to suit the 11th. I tried a simplified Caunter camo pattern. My ancient Vanguard has a picture where the Car is without markings, so I didn't do any either. There's a blank space at the back for unit labels in case I ever do some.
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