SISU! BT-42 Assault Gun Platoon for Flames of War Mid-to-Late War Finnish Forces in 15mm/1:100 (TigerAce1945 Printed Turrets with Bergman(?) Hull)

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BT-42 Assault Gun Platoon for Flames of War, TigerAce1945 STL file 3D print

I bet some of you thought this one was an error when you saw the title – didn’t we just have this post? Well, kinda but also, no. As I explained in the previous BT-42 post recently, I had some issues with some Battlefront models and ended up looking for some replacement turrets and found a BT-42 STL turret model by a sculptor called TigerAce1945. As well as printing out the extra turrets, I thought I may as well also print out a trio of the full models, as TigerAce’s file also had a hull packed in – which may or may not be Bergman’s BT-7 hull. So here they are!

BT-42 Assault Gun Platoon for Flames of War, TigerAce1945 STL file 3D print

As I also mentioned before, I decided to paint these fully printed BT-42 with their slightly less detailed hulls in a camo scheme to help hide the lower level of detail on these when compared to the Battlefront hulls(!) The Battlefront models also had “normal” tracks, with visible grousers (the sticky-out bits of the tracks) while the printed hull has detail-less strips.

BT-42 Assault Gun Platoon for Flames of War, TigerAce1945 STL file 3D print

Thanks to John from justneedsvarnish once again for the Ps.numbers (Ps.511.). This time I did them on the lower front and rear glacis, as space on the front armour next to the driver’s viewslit is a bit smaller on these printed hulls than on the BF ones, as you can see above.

BT-42 Assault Gun Platoon for Flames of War, TigerAce1945 STL file 3D print

Speaking of the BF models, you get to see a couple of comparison photos showing the differences between the BF hulls with their sharper detail and also the 3-colour Finnish camo vs the Field Grey. In a lot of ways I think I actually prefer the field grey! You can also see here the Dark Earth texcture paste I applied to the tracks to hide their lack of detail.

BT-42 Assault Gun Platoon for Flames of War, TigerAce1945 STL file 3D print

Here’s a comparison with the camo I painted on the Landsverk L-62s. The main difference is the yellowish ochre I painted the third colour in – described as varying from different tones of grey into sandy colours. This time I used Vallejo “Stone Grey”/AK 3rd Gen “Rock Grey” and I do personally prefer this tone to the one on the Landsverks.

Finnish tanks for Flames of War, TigerAce1945 STL file 3D print

Finally, a shot my small but growing Finnish Motor Pool. No two sets of vehicles in the same colour scheme! From Soviet 4BO to field grey to 2 versions of “the same” camo. I guess these are the choices I have for the next armoured units to come for this force – T-28s, T-34s (both 76 & 85) and Sturmis. We may even see more than one of these schemes making a comeback across that spread!

This second batch of BT-42s guns are also more fodder for Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery ’25.

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      • My inclination with Soviet armour used by the Finns would be to use a three-tone camouflage scheme, mainly because you don’t often get the chance to camouflage Soviet vehicles! However, if you’re doing any T-34/85s they could well have been captured late in the war and remain in a green shade overall, so you could mix’n’match!

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      • . . . and while I think on, and I might have missed this somewhere in your posts, what were the paints you used for this three-tone scheme? I still have some vehicles in the loft allocated for Finnish use and it’s always been the choice of paint that’s put me off, but these BT-42s look spot on colour-wise!

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  2. John is a handy resource for this setting, I would imagine! While I can see what you mean about the variance in sculpt quality, I think the latest batch came out very nicely. The camo pattern looks great and honestly, I like the variation amongst them. They would still look pretty cohesive on a shared battlefield, I reckon.

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    • Yeah, I have some really nice print files for other tanks (some you’ll see soon, hopefully!) so the BT-42 hulls are a bit disappointing in comparison. Actually the TOG-2 is pretty good as well, actually.

      Glad to hear you like the camo scheme on these! We’ll convert you into a treadhead eventually! 😉

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    • Haha thanks Roger! There’s a lot more 15mm stuff to come. The real question will be whether I can manage to stick to one or two forces long enough to get them done as opposed to five random tanks from every nation and time period!

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