Makes a change, and rather in keeping with a theme that has developed here of late - tanks in unusual finishes and in the 'wrong' hands.
Without anything to give it scale, the Minitanks Stug III looks quite the thing:
My source for this finish, and especially for the interesting black (but I do wonder if, in fact, it was panzer grey) gun barrel is this book:
Kaloyan Matev, Equipment and Armor in the Bulgarian Army; Armored Vehicles, 1935-1945 (Knigomania, Sofia, 2006). A rather poor translation from the original Bulgar (but, then, I can't speak a word of Bulgarian, so I oughtn't to complain), but with a mass of fascinating photographs, and some good colour plates:
Tsar Boris went, of course, not long after the Soviets declared war on Bulgaria. Geography, and size, really does matter. And what does a Tsar do when all the countries about him are losing their heads?
I am enjoying this theme very much indeed.Another fascinating looking book you have there too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alan. Yes, I think I may well continue with one offs in odd colours/under other flags. The book is a real rarity - I bought it from a re-enactor dressed in White Russian kit while standing in a Viking village, with me dressed as a International Brigades' Commissar...
DeleteI was looking at the Balkan states not so long ago and I was quite agog at the equipment they had, or was passed down to them, other than the obvious German types.
ReplyDeleteYes, an amazing variety of kit - lots of French, bits of Polish that escaped, Italian, interwar British... It's all a terrible temptation.
DeleteThe model came out very well and a Bulgarian army sounds very interesting. I look forward to more.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Ben. The Bulgarians were pretty rotten in the bits of Greece the Germans gave them to police, but, in terms of kit, a very interesting range of stuff. I can feel myself being drawn into another project - aieeeee.
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