Albion Grenadier Guards: Matilda

     Sometime last year or two years I believe, it was announced that Victoria Miniatures was producing a sweet looking tank that was an alternative to the venerable Leman Russ and its looks was perfect four our WW2 themed British Empire force so I bought one.

     This is what you basically get. One tank and multiple gun options for both turret and hull. We always ran our Leman Russ tanks with hull-mounted Lascannons and thus I put one on.
     The kit also came with a Bren LMG (light machine-gun) that mounts on the turret and so we are gonna count that as a storm bolter.

     Here are some infantry standing next to the Matilda. As far as assembling the tank, it went together well. But for cleaning, it was a bit of a pain cleaning the road wheels out of flashing and there were some excess resin on one of the sides of the hull that required my dads belt sander to smoothen. Belt sanders people is an excellent tool to have.

     Picking through years of bits, I kitted out the tank. I even found an old Imperial Guard tank commander that with a wooden peg fits in there snugly.

     One of the neat things about this kit is that the sides here are removable because of their add-on sponson set that has a wide array of weapons. I made sure that the stowage is clear of these pieces. It has holes for magnets to fit in but it fits in there tight enough that it really does not require them.

https://victoriaminiatures.com/collections/vehicles-and-bits-1/products/matilda-tank-sponson-set
     As said, a wide array of weapons.

     And here is the Matilda all painted up. The cannons if you have not noticed by now are swappable and fit in there tightly. I must warn you though, be very careful doing this if you have the bren up on the turret. Same thing for turning it. It fits together TIGHTLY that I had to take a file and take the primer off on the turret mount so it could rotate some without forcing it.

      The rather bitter tank commander.

     For an unrelated project, I bought some Bolt Action British Armored Guards Divisions decals and with our force named the Albion Grenadier Guards, I figured why not use them on this tank.

     Here is a link to the US Warlord Games page for the decals used.
Bolt Action British Guards Armoured Division Decal Sheet

     And a link to where this beauty can be bought.

https://victoriaminiatures.com/collections/vehicles-and-bits-1/products/copy-of-matilda-boss-battle-tank

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