Bolt Action Japanese 1000pts army
Chi-Ha - Building and Decals
I opened the instructions for the build and got excited that i could have the upgunned variant of this tank as well as the standard version. Trouble was they shared key parts even in just the turrets. In reality there were only marginal changes to the Shinhoto tank from the original, Shinhoto basically translated as “new turret”. If I create a cupola for the Shinhoto turret i could probably field it on this chassis and get away with it gaming wise, but I only ever intended to field this as the standard variant. Just trying to stretch my hobby dollar as usual. ?
The decals really helped to lift the final look and i had lots of spare decals, but sadly the guide didn’t explain what any of the markings represented. Just… “stick this one here and that one there and ignore the unused decals.” It would have been a really nice touch but sadly missed.
I used some spare decals to improve the look of the self-propelled gun. The writing on the carriage side were meant to be on the body of the Shinhoto variant hull and I used a spare licence plate and rising sun flag symbol on the rear hatch. I generally love researching this sort of thing for accuracy, but knowing that my list is taking a dramatic departure from reality, with my FT17 etc. I didn’t feel the necessity to dig too deep.
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