French and dunkelgelb...

No kit bashing done today as I'm somewhat below par. However, I spent some time scouting round the internet for photos and information about Somua S35s in German service. I had supposed that they would all be finished in panzer grey, which is a tad boring, and doesn't really fit with my mid/late war German set up. However, I found photographs of Somuas finished in yellow base with various disruptive patterns. These included Somuas on the Eastern Front in 1944. Excellent. And that brings me back to the issue I raised on this blog a short while ago - what is the best yellow/ochre base colour for small-scale kit bashers and wargamers? As I said, I generally use Revell 88 'Ochre', but DaveM in a reply to the post gave some Humbrol alternatives:

• Humbrol Matt 83: ochre
• Humbrol Matt 84: mid stone
• Humbrol Matt 94: brown yellow

So,  intend to try one of these on the Somua, which will also be given a split-hatch.

While grubbing around for information on French kit, I came across these 20mm resins:

An H39 leading two R35s. I can't remember who made them, only that I bought them at 'Colours' in Reading about 12 years ago, and my son painted them. 

I also dug out this old Profile from 1973. I have a stack of Profiles on aircraft - brief, concentrated bits of information - but few on AFVs. The author of this one, Major James Bingham RTR, also wrote Profile 36 on the Hotchkiss H35 and 39, as well as the Somua S35. I would like a copy of that - must hunt for one.