H&R Centurion 1 - new sculpt

When I ordered a bunch of the new Centurion sculpts recently from Heroics & Ros, they very kindly included some examples of their new re-sculpt of the Centurion Mk.1 of 1945, soon to be released.

This first Centurion, with the coaxial 20mm Polsten cannon, never saw action, but it might have if WWII had lasted just a few weeks longer. I've painted one troop in the green and black disruptive camouflage used by the British in the ETO, and with the white star of the Allied forces, as it might have appeared in action in germany in the closing days of the war. Or as it might have appeared if the Western Allies and the Soviets had come to blows, as they very nearly did.

This is a beautiful little model, and a real improvement on the old sculpt of the same vehicle. That one was perfectly adequate as a wargaming model, but the new one is really diorama quality.

The two tone camouflage looks very good. You managed to show all details of the sculpts and produce a interesting paint scheme. In BG the Churchill 1 would be a very deadly tank because of the 20mm Polsten.

In real life the Polsten was quickly discarded and replaced by a BESA machine-gun because it was too much gun for the job. It took up too much room in the turret, and didn't really give any advantage over a regular MG when used against infantry.