1:35 British 15 CWT

1:35 British 15 CWT - a Black Dog accessory set

This is an accessory in 1:35 from Black Dog related to British light trucks of the 15 cwt class. It is not a vehicle kit but an accessory that the modeler obtains for a model already under way or finished.

The real subject

The abbreviation cwt stands for hundredweight, a British unit of weight, and the designation 15 cwt defined a whole class of light army trucks by their payload, which came to about three quarters of a ton. It was not a single type but a standard met by vehicles from several British makers. It was precisely this group that formed the backbone of British supply: the trucks carried ammunition, fuel, water and equipment, towed light weapons and in the desert often moved without their tarpaulins, with just the windshield folded down onto the hood. Anyone building a British column or the rear area of a fighting unit will come to this class of vehicle sooner or later, because without trucks every military diorama looks unfinished.

How to work with the accessories

On supply vehicles it is the cargo and its arrangement that make the scene: it should look loaded but not random, and it should be lashed down where the crew would really have secured it. In color it helps if the wood, the textile and the metal differ not only in shade but in gloss as well. British desert vehicles will take marked dust weathering and a faded base shade.

Who the set is for

• Modelers of British Second World War vehicles in 1:35
• Builders of dioramas with a supply column or a unit's rear area
• Anyone interested in the desert campaign and in vehicles behind the fighting line
• Collectors of Black Dog accessories