Crusader A15

[Golf Alpha Zulu]

Rubicon Crusader with crew from Die Waffenkamer (Mk III) and Perry Miniatures (Mk II). Loved building the Crusader kit - goes together very well. Haven't built many others from the Rubicon range (M10, M4) but it was even better than the others, both in design and detail, I found.

[ultravanillasmurf]

Very good.

It is a lovely kit to build.

[airborne]

Very nice build, and even better paint job she looks good. I never base mine, but I see with yours the wisdom and the finish of a good base. Look forward to see more of your work.

[Golf Alpha Zulu]

Thanks for the feedback. Appreciated.

[Pinky]

This looks great - and you've obviously done your research on both the colour scheme and the 'look' of desert Crusaders.  A lot of people forget that these tanks were relatively new, and didn't get a chance to accumulate the level of weathering that is often depicted.

I think Rubicon's Crusader is one of their best kits in terms of accuracy and assembly.

I used to base my 1/48 scale vehicles for wargaming.  Looking at this, I'm thinking it's not a bad idea even for more robust 1/56 scale models.

[Golf Alpha Zulu]

Thanks for the feedback. 

Durability aside, I like to base my vehicles to match the height of the bases on my figures. For my 28mm figures I use "GW-style" 25mm plinth bases, which are about 3mm high. So I use 3mm MDF as a base for my vehicles...

[Ballardian]

Very nice job, I agree about the vehicle basing really helping lessen the 'they'd never fit in there' look that occurs with a lot of 'heroic' 28's - recently caved & decided to re-base mine on flat discs (Renedra) which, at under a millimeter thick, lessen the effect.