Next on the chopping block, was some M-10s and M-8s. The M-10 was the only TD used by the French, while the M-8 was heavily used also. The M-10s were actually some older resin models that I had painted up years ago. I needed to update these to match the other stuff I am doing now (basically, redoing the mud). The M-8s are plastics from Battlefront.
The Peddinghaus sheets have a couple of M-10s and M-8s. Like everything else, extrapolation would be my guide… I managed to find only single photos, but they matched the sheet, so I just pushed out the look to the other vehicles in the respective platoons.
These followed the same steps as the earlier lend lease project vehicles. I sprayed the models with Krylon dark olive camo paint, hit the bottoms with Vallejo mud pumice, black washed the tank, drybrushed up the green, added the decals, drybrushed the brown, dull coated the models and finished with a Iraqi Sand drybrush.
Another broken machinegun to add to my repair list. The original was metal, so I will go back and replace it with a plastic one later. These units will work as support for both the 1st FFI and 1st AD, so they should get a good amount of use. Now, I just need some recon….
- Mantueffel