Back to blogging after a busy spring.
JTFM has released an M3 Lee, which of course I purchased right away. Unlike many of the other multi-gunned, multi-turreted tanks (like the Soviet T-35, for example), the M3 was relatively successful, especially for a stop-gap that was just intended to hold the line until the M4 Sherman could reach the front lines.
My version here is inspired by Lulubelle, star of the 1943 Humphrey Bogart film Sahara, and the 1995 Jim Belushi made for TV remake. In the movie, Sgt Joe Gunn and his M3 tank Lulubelle gather a motley collection of survivors of the Battle of Tobruk and escape into the desert. The main action involves Lulubelle and her passengers defending an oasis from a larger force of Deutches Afrika Korps light infantry.
I didn't copy the passengers exactly, so I am notably missing the Free French caporal Leroux, the askari Tambul, or their prisoners, the German pilot and the Italian soldier.
All the crew and passengers are magnetised so they can be easily removed for when the tank is 'buttoned'.
I've also added another character to my White Sun of the Desert collection, this time Comrade Sukhov with a Lewis Gun.
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