Unboxing #3: 8th Army vehicles

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 Today's unboxing is a number of vehicles I got at the end of 2023, they are all part of one of two 8th Army projects I am working on, these are for the 1942 British armoured brigade from Campaign: the Western Desert book, a copy of Tank Wars is also needed. I am unboxing the following:

  • Crusader Mk I/II tank
  • Flying Standard Tilly
  • Chevrolet CMP 15CWT truck
  • Bedford OY 3-ton lorry 


Crusader Mk I/II tank

The Crusader tank primarily saw action with British and Commonwealth forces in the Western Desert. They were particularly suited for the kind of mobile warfare that became prevalent in the desert, thanks to their speed and agility. It had a 2-pdr gun in the turret and co-axial machine gun in the hull. The 2-pdr was eventually replaced by a 6-pdr gun.






The kit is a metal/resin hybrid kit and includes damage markers, an order dice and stat cards

The kit looks nice and, assuming none of the resin parts are warped at all, relatively easy to assemble.

Flying standard Tilly

The Flying Standard Tilly or to give it its correct name, the Flying Standard 10 was used by British and Commonwealth troops in the Western Desert.




Another resin and metal hybrid kit, this kit did not come with an additional stuff and looks like the resin will need a little cleaning up. The kit will have to be painted in sub assemblies as the driver needs to be placed in the cab.

Chevrolet CMP 15cwt truck

The Canadian Military Pattern Chevrolet truck saw service extensively with British and Commonwealth troops in the Western Desert and beyond. The cab has a sloping windscreen to reduce glare and the chance of it giving away the trucks position.



The kit is yet another hybrid kit, resin and metal components. The comes with Vehicle damage markers and stat cards.
This kit is probably my favourite of all of them, I love the atheistics of the Chevrolet.

Bedford OY 3 ton lorry

The Bedford was quite ubiquitous covering numerous roles in the British and Commonwealth forces, it saw service throughout the second World War in many different theatres.



Yet another hybrid kit. Looks fairly easy to assemble.

The kits all look good and I am looking forward to assembling them and painting them. They will all make welcome additions to my 1942 armoured brigade. 








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