WWII French Army
Artillery
Infantry
Soft Skin Vehicles
Armour
Hotchkiss H-39
CinC Model
An alternate paint scheme, looks better from a distance.
GHQ Version... not much difference, as far as I can tell. Better molder running gear for GHQ, better onboard accessories for CinC.
This is the GHQ version using their French WWII decal seat, which is quite good.
Char B1
CinC Model
Somua S-35
CinC Model
One of the advantages of painting French vehicles is the wide variety of paint schemes employed. I'm still looking for a good way to put roundels on the models; all the decals I have are too large and I lack the requisite skill to paint them on. Here are several different paint schemes I've tried, copied from various books.
Five CinC Somuas
This is the GHQ version with their decals. It is not substantially different from the CinC model.
AMR-33
Light cavalry tank -- H&R model
These are the same models based, which does little to improve them. GHQ is coming out with a version in the next year, which I look forward to.
Panhard 178
GHQ Model
Char Lorraine 37
New GHQ Version
Vastly improved over the original, and includes the armored trailer.
Older GHQ Model
Artillery
25MM AT Gun with UE Carrier
This is the standard 25mm regimental AT gun, which was also briefly used by UK forces. The GHQ pack comes with 5 barrels and shield, 3 deployed bases, 3 towed bases, 2 UE carriers, and two armored trailers. Unfortunately, what it doesn't include is any crewmen. I used what I believe are GHQ US AT gun crewman. They come five strung together; I cut them into either single figures or double figures. Size-wise, they fit very well with the tiny AT guns.
The wall in this model is a trimmed-down CinC stone wall
This is the UE armored carrier and ammo trailer that comes with the set.
A second version from the same pack...
47mm AT Gun With Laffly Prime Mover
Each pack contains two Laffley's, three towed guns and three deployed guns. Crews are H&R.
Two Versions Of The Laffley Prime Mover
75mm Field Gun
The Scotia model of the famed French 75. A fine model with a crew molded in, which overcomes the biggest deficiency of GHQ's models: no crews.
105mm Howitzer
Another fine Scotia model with a crew and a molded base.
This one was poorly molded -- one of the crewmen lacks a head.
Here's a whole platoon-scale battalion.
155mm Gun
The standard French Corps-level gun, from Navwar/Heroics and Ros.
Infantry
GHQ Infantry
These are shots of the first round of French infantry I've worked up. They are all from the GHQ infantry and heavy weapons packs. Overall, the scupting and detail on these models is excellent. The selection of figures does leave something to be desired, however, as you end up with way, way too many officer figures. Overall, I've painted and based a platoon-scale infantry regiment so far: HQ, 81mm Mortar, 3 25mm AT + transport, 3 Inf Battalions (3 infantry companies, 1 MG company, HQ, Scout).
This is the regimental headquarters. The two officers have been bent and repositioned. That thing on the table is supposed to be a map. The crates are from a Heller Z-Scale accessory set (and now I know where ISM got its crates and barrels). The tree is from Samtrees of China, repainted and reformed.
These are the three infantry battalion headquarters. I'm not thrilled with the way they came out -- though they look decent at a distance, particularly the contrast between the uniform color and the red on the hats.
A different version of the battalion command stand
The infantry themselves in the set are excellent. Most have either the MAS36 rifle or the MLE24/29 light machine gun.
Hotchkiss Machine Gun
An excellent model of the standard French battalion machine gun. Doesn't have an ammo handler, though, which is nice but not necessary.
Scout Team
Infantryman with MAS submachinegun. The infantry packs come with a surprisingly large number of these figures, though I believe they were relatively rare in actual service.
81mm Mortar Team
I should have painted the mortar light greay with a bit of metallic brushing to make it stand out more.
Motorcycle Scouts
Made with generic Scotia motorcycle riders
Soft Skin Vehicles
[Add name for model later]
