More Panzers rolling off the production line.

Unfortunately they are not the biggest or best Panzers.  However, I have rather a soft spot for early war tanks as you will have noticed from earlier posts.  Not for me the King Tiger or even the Tiger I, no JagdTiger or Maus here.  Instead I present you with the mighty Panzer II Ausf B complete with 20mm autocannon.  All in stunning 1/300th scale from Heroics & Ros.  Apologies if you find the symbol on the air recognition flag offensive, but it's what they actually used.

The mighty (well not that mighty) Panzer II Ausf B.

In case you fear these may lack the required punch to deal with allied armour I have also added Panzer III Ausf Bs to the Panzer Army with a huge 37mm gun.  Yes, quake in your boots British Tank crews, bite your nails in fear you French Char-B jockey's, Germany's almost adequate tank force is upon you!  Plus as an added bonus it will be bolstered by half a dozen Panzer Is whose armaments are without even a 20mm autocannon.  No those bad boys only have a pair of machine guns.

The marginally more mighty Panzer III Ausf B

Actually I do have some Panzer IVs with a short 75mm lurking around, but , come on, who doesn't love a tank with armour so thin that a Boy's AT rifle is a significant threat to it's survival, eh?  It's the joy of gaming 1940 battles for us.

These are all fairly easy to paint compared to the mid and late war schemes.  Spray undercoat in white. Followed by a coat of Vallejo German grey and a dry brush of Ghost Grey.  Pick out the tracks in gun metal and the exhaust in a rust red-brown mix and that's pretty much job done.  Bases are cardstock painted Raw Umber on both sides to prevent warping, add to that a coat of heavy duty woodworking PVA and a sprinkle of fine sand and lastly some patches of fine flock.  I use cheap block paving jointing sand and a mixed up batch of summer meadow and spring grass flock.

In due course I will probably succumb and buy some mid war armour to go along with the handful of stuff I have already.  This will be focussed on mid to late 1942 for the Winter Storm campaign and onwards into '43 so I can have a couple of Tiger Is, After all it can't be real World War Two gaming without eventually adding a Tiger somewhere in the mix.