Trenchworx 28mm French FT 17 Tank

To compliment my 1940 French infantry I need some armour support and what better than the ubiquitous FT 17 tank! in 1940 the French still had around 500 FT 17 in front line use for infantry support. Plus I love the look of this vehicle!

I picked up this kit as part of Trenchworx WW II Kickstarter you could add anything from their shop to the Kickstarter!

The model looks spot on and the casting is crisp, it just falls together! The kit includes both gun and MG options and these are interchangeable via a magnet setup. All in all a great product!

Here are the parts primed: 

Base coat sprayed on:

The fished product, I went for a kit without the trench crossing attachment and didn't apply any markings one day when I know someone with a 1940 French tank kit I'll see if I can snag any left over transfers:

28mm French 1940 Platoon - TW&T

I picked up some 1940 French figures cheap. After purchasing them I found out they were Warlord figures there were 30 in total, 10 of which were painted. I painted them up to a war gaming standard and I went for a khaki brown uniform look rather than the greenish colour I see some people use (this meant repainting the 10 that were painted!). Pictures like this one from the German Signal magazine influenced the colour choice...

I have 3 9 man sections, a 2 man platoon HQ and a Hotchkiss HMG, that is actually a WW I item with 2 crewman but they pass okay for WW II and they have a Warlord figure to boost them up...

Here's a close up of some of them...

And here they all are...

With 1940 interest peaked by the Dunkirk movie I'm thinking a game on the topic is called for!