While used by at least fifteen armies, and fought in numerous
inter-war conflicts the Vickers 6 ton tank is lacking in the miniatures
world. At least for this 15mm gamer.
If you are interested in fighting the Chaco War or the French-Thai War
on a table top these are needed tanks. For me I needed a couple for my
Polish 10th Cavalry Brigade. A company of 16 was part of the brigade
along with 101st Recce Tank Company made up of the more common TK and
TKS tankettes. The TK and TKS are not only common in the Polish Order of
Battle, but are common from miniature manufactories.
I can only find the Vickers made by one producer and that is True North Miniatures.
In general I find their figures to be bulky but these Vickers are found
to be very wanting. First off they are marketed as Polish but they have
none of changes included the larger air intakes. These are more generic
Vickers tanks possibly useful for the Chaco or French-Thai War. They
are also not in scale with their infantry.
So the
solutions are limited. Do I learn to do 3D printing, that is possible. I
am now trying to find a designer that will do it for me and other
gamers interested in this period. That is also a possibility. Not sure
why Flames of War of Forged in Battle have not done this for their
Poles. Any other suggestions?
Nice
ReplyDeleteI have the same in SHQ 20mm :)
If I was to start fresh I would do 20mm.
ReplyDeleteMinairons make some very nice T-26s in 1/100th scale, would those be "good enough" for Vickers? Also, QRF have some Vickers tanks.
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