Saturday, February 28, 2026

CV-35 tankette (Hungarian army)

Last month was pretty busy - sadly busy in real life, not just having huge line of models waiting for painting. Worse luck next 2 months don't seem to look any better because of some shit job I got involved into, but I guess Mighty Universe wouldn't give me a quest I'm not able to deal with 🙄

Anyway a month ago I dealt with 39.M Csaba for upcoming Hungarian project and just yesteday CV-35 tankette rolled off the painting station. Just like the previous model it's printed (that works great for vehicles) except for the commander. This dude comes from Warlord's tank crew set. The driver is nothing special but there was no other opcton and the idea was to make tankette bit more unique - in case I ever want to get the second one for the Axis ally.

Painting was fun - not sure the camo pattern is what I wanted to achieve but working with Blu Tack on such a small and kinda busy surface was problematic (contrary to Hetzer and Toldi). So here it is - ready to stop soviet invasion on Budapest:

Hungarian army,Axis,Bolt Action,,Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer,CV-35,demimorgana,ww2

Hungarian army,Axis,Bolt Action,,Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer,CV-35,demimorgana,ww2

Hungarian army,Axis,Bolt Action,,Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer,CV-35,demimorgana,ww2

Hungarian army,Axis,Bolt Action,,Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer,CV-35,demimorgana,ww2

The tank crew set contained models standing on ordinary bases (ready to add them to infantry squad or something) and some to be placed into hatches. Again - to make model more unique (and even more properly Hungarian) I replaced original German tank comander with the Hungarian. It's slightly smaller compared to original model, but it can be barely noticed from a distance, It's only gaming model after all: 

Hungarian army,Axis,Bolt Action,,Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer,CV-35,demimorgana,ww2

Hungarian army,Axis,Bolt Action,,Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer,CV-35,demimorgana,ww2

1 comment:

  1. Excellent vehicle and crew, I think the camo is effective, and the weathering is spot on, the crew add character and fit well. Sorry to hear about the real life woes, hopefully it will settle down quickly for you.

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