The Warlord Games / Italeri Churchill tank kit was on offer as part of the "Tanksgiving" deal. Not one to miss a bargain I snapped it up alongside a universal Carrier and a resin 'burlap' camouflage Cromwell since built.
Excellent box art showing Churchills in action.
The kit is a fairly standard offering from Italeri, however it does have one bonus in that the sheer number of variants you can create is huge! For the build I opted for the cast turret MkIV.
Some of the options that can be found on the back of the box.
The kit is easy to assemble, the tracks are somewhat fiddly, but mistakes can be rectified with fitting the track guards and hull top. The instructions are easy to follow and give the indications of the variants. In all, the kit took little under thirty minutes to clean up and assemble without the need to deploy Anglo Saxon swear words. I would happily buy another to supplement my ever growing late war 28mm British Army.
Completed tank alongside a Foundry 28mm Commandp
Completed MKIV ready for painting
Looking at the layout of the sprue and fit of the kit, it looks if it can be readily converted to other variants with and additional sprue (a potential release of the future?) such as a crocodile. Earlier marks could be converted by removal of the top track guard and shaving the square side doors off and replacing with round, although I may avoid this torture and buy one of MadBobs offerings for MkI and II's.
Hull and turret sprue showing the sheer volume of options for main armament and MKs.
Track sprue, as ever free standing tracks are ghastly to assemble.
Hull side sprue.
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