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Osprey Modelling • 5
Modelling the Matilda Infantry Tank
Mark Bannerman
Consultant editor
Robert Oehler •
Series editors
Marcus Cowper and Nikolai Bogdanovic
Contents
Introduction
A brief history of the Matilda
Tools and materials
Essential tools
Brushes, airbrushes and paints
Modelling the Matilda in small scale
Infantry Tank Mark I, A11 Matilda, 1/76 scale
Matilda Mk. III, Malta Tank Squadron, 1/76 scale
Small-scale gallery
Modelling the Matilda in 1/35 scale
Australian Matilda Mk. IV ‘Frog’
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Walk around a Frog
British Desert Matilda, 1941
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1/35 gallery
Scratchbuilding a German Matilda ‘Oswald’
Museums, collections and reference
Further reading and research
Websites
Kits and accessories available
Kit list
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Conversions and after-market kits
Colour reference chart
Introduction
Although models of the Infantry Tank Mk. II (A12), better known as the Matilda, have
been around for more than 30 years, it is only recently that manu facturers have
recognized the scale modeller’s interest in this tank. In response to this, a wide range of
aftermarket products and kits have appeared. The growing appeal of the Matilda tank to
scale modellers is also a reflection of its contribution to early British tank development,
and it remains one of the most important and interesting infantry tanks of World War II.
Although the Matilda is predominantly remembered for its vital role in the Western
Desert campaign – hence the nickname ‘Queen of the Desert’ – it also saw action in the
opening days of the war in Northern France, in the Pacific and on the Eastern Front.
Matilda variants appeared in many forms, including mine-clearing, demolition, flame-
throwing, trench-crossing and gap-bridging. Matildas were used in combat by the British,
Russians, Australians, and even the Germans, who pressed small numbers of captured
examples into service. The Matilda is a relatively well-documented and photographed
infantry tank, and its versatility offers the modeller a wide range of construction and
conversion alternatives, painting possibilities and a slew of vignette and diorama options.
In this book, several different Matilda kit offerings will be presented, and the
construction, detailing, painting and finishing processes will be described for each. Hints
and tips on making a model look more realistic, personalising a model with accessories
and figures, and ways to create an appropriate base and setting will also be covered.

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