Rubicon Project Of The Month Is A Military Shooting Star
July 5, 2019 by cassn
Rubicon Models have unveiled their project of the month, and it's a stalwart of British military history.
The A34 Comet is a British cruiser tank, modified from the Cromwell tank, which first took to the battlefield towards the end of World War II.
The tank was designed with several improvements to the Cromwell design, not least the 77mm HV gun, mounted at a new lower profile and part-cast turret, all of which made the tank a fearsome force against the German enemy, including the Panther and the Tiger tanks.
The A34 Comet saw service until 1958, and was widely regarded as one of the best tanks serving in WWII. Indeed, by the end of the conflict, 1,186 A34 Comets had been produced.
1958 was not the end of the A34 comet, however, and some tanks were sold to other countries, where they continued to operate into the 1980s.
Now Rubicon Models have unveiled the 3D drawings of their upcoming miniature tribute to this triumph of British engineering. Personally, I think the design looks incredibly realistic, and does a great job in representing such an important part of WWII history.
There's no hint from Rubicon Models as to when the final product will be delivered but, for now, you can check out the designs in more detail on Facebook.
What do you think of this design? Let us know below!
"A triumph of British engineering!"
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fell in love with the comet a Millenia ago with the 1/76 matchbox kit. ended up with a flames of war late war comet squadron….mint…never fielded in action but had to make it just in case. one FoW tournament and it will eventually come out
Smashing, got a 28mm scale in resin and it’s the pride and joy of my Bolt Action Brits. Be some interesting options to field them en masse with the new Korean book for Bolt Action, if I remember right, the 7th Royal Tank Regiment was equipped with Comets at a time when the army was moving to adopt the Centurion.
@bigdave There seems to be a bit of doubt on whether the Comet was ever sent to Korea. Cromwells were and one was captured by China and the then lost a tank battle against a Centurion unsurprisingly.Read a few accounts of British in Korea and they never get mentioned plus got Osprey book. Pictures of Cromwell , Churchills and lots of Centurions but no Comets I know initially they didnt send Centurions as they were still on secret list and didnt want them captured, they were literally the most advanced tank in the West. At a guess Comets may not… Read more »
May be fun having them up against JS tanks?
@zorg someone did a show game that had a few pictures in an old WI or MW many years ago with these,Centurions and a re-equipped ex-ww2 german’s fighting of hoards of Russians with T34’s and JS’s of various types.
World of Tanks does a post war campaign as well with you playing a Centurion commander moving to relieve Berlin.
Nice! Perfect for Bolt Action Korea. Really cool.