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For my next project, a change of pace from 1:35 scale light tanks - Vespids 1/72 Australian Centurion in Vietnam War markings. It’s a relatively small box, but stuffed with plastic. Last but not least, the turret, hull “tub”, a rather nice digitally printed mantle, aluminium gun barrel, etch and a small, but colourful decal sheet. The paint scheme is the same for all of them - lustreless olive drab - just different markings. Not sure which one I will make. I found this useful resource on the web: https://mikesresearch.com/2023/02/26/centurion-tanks-in-vietnam/ It’s clear there were some differences between the early arrivals in Vietnam in 1968 and the same tanks after a couple of years “in-country”. It looks like the kit does provide for the main differences. I’m likely to make a later one - so that will involve stowing the searchlight and leaving off smoke grenade launchers at the very least. To help me with my build I also found this useful log of the AFV Club 1:35 version.
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My son bought me this kit for Christmas: Completed out of the box as “Dido” , C Squadron, 4 RTR in Berlin in the early 1960s. Rather unusual in being painted olive drab, with the mantlet cover painted black. While looking for images and information I found this rather nice bit of newsreel: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA807GJXZU80R6MMI89H8J3QVSD-GERMANY-BRITISH-ARMOURED-EXERCISE-IN-WEST-BERLIN/query/CENTURION Brush painted with Tamiya acrylics, build thread can be found here. Quite a challenging kit for me, rather more complex than the Tamiya AFV kits I have built previously, but very enjoyable. Back to work next week! Thanks for looking. Looks rather good on the shelf with the Comet and Centaur I built at the beginning of last year.
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We are having a bit of a heat wave here in Perth in Western Australia, so just too hot to do any work on my almost complete Airfix M3 Grant. Thought I would make a start taking a look at my Christmas present from my son. It’s a re-boxing of the previously released Mk 5, an overview of which can be found here: https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/afv/kit_afv_35122.shtml However there are slight modifications. There is no turned aluminium main gun, but there is the mantlet cover, in a soft vinyl type plastic. Another difference is that the road wheels are provided in hard polystyrene and vinyl. I know which ones I’ll be using- the hard ones. Much easier to handle. At the bottom of the box is a rather nice print of the tank on the box top. The included tracks are vinyl, however while visiting the local shop for their Boxing Day sale I picked up these quick assembly link and length tracks. They appear to be a very new release (the box lid says 2021, and I can’t find any online reviews). They look rather nice, hopefully they will be straightforward to use. The kit has several different options from C Squadron, 4 RTR stationed in Berlin in 1960 to 1963 (about the time my Dad was first serving in Germany). The instructions are very specific that the overall colour was olive drab, which surprised me as I assumed it would be deep bronze green. A bit of searching around and I found a few mentions that they were painted OD, with the mantlet cover being painted black. The few photos I could find seemed to confirm this. This is going to be an interesting challenge!- 35 replies
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