A project I did in 2002 as I did not
know of any suppliers of plastic, resin or metal Matilda Is. Of course,
I was well under way when a friend let me know of a supplier... And
even worse, the Matilda I is not really used in a lot of battles, despite
all the work these required. That's why there's a pile of Arras
1940 battle reports in my WWII pictures.  |
 The
three Matilda I. I used tracks from two Airfix Chi-Ha kits for the
front two and sliced some old Tig II tracks (from what company, I'm not
sure) lengthwise for the third. I scavenged sprockets, return rollers
and idlers from various bits and the 96 individual road wheels were cut
from plastic dowel. Everything else was plastic card. |
 Crewman
from the Matchbox Stuart. |
 Underside
view. Most of the references for this came from my books, though
I found a really good site with a restored Matilda I at some armour show
in the UK, but darned if I can't find it now. I also used the plan
view from this a Russian
site (which is no longer active) extensively. |
