Ben Nevis!

No time for model making today so a look back some 15 years ago when I built this Tamiya Churchill tank in 1/35 scale. This was the second tank kit that I had built in this scale and I still like what I achieved all those years ago.

Built out of the box with only some stretched sprue aerials added, it looks big and mean although it did not look the most modern of tanks. After WW2 it was used in the Korean war where it was one of the only vehicles that could successfully negotiate the steep hills.

The tanks overall design was so successful that it formed the basis for a number of variations including the Crocodile which was a flame throwing tank. The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) was a mortar tank where a 40 pound demolition charge nick named the flying dustbin could be fired at concrete structures such as pill boxes. There was also a bridge laying version which carried a ready made bridge that could be laid over obstacles. 

I have a few more kits of the Churchill in my stash which hopefully will get built one day when I have time!

In the meantime, Ben Nevis, as this tank was called by its crew. remains one of my earliest builds in this scale but also one of my favourites!