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Contents Valentine Prototype (Conversion from Tamiya Mk.II)... ... ... ... Page 1 Archer on the Range (Diorama with Tamiya Archer Mk.I) ... ... Page 6 Austin 10HP Utility Vehicle (Tamiya) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . Page 17 AEC Mk.1 Armoured Car (OOB simple build)... ... ... ... ... ... ... . Page 23 Turretless Cypriot Mk.2 with improvised armour... ... ... .... ... . And in Volume 2, whenever that may be: New Zealand Water Bowser? Rocket Propelled Obstacle Jumper? Scorpion Flail Tank? Indian Army Driver Training Vehicle? Bridgelayer? Flamethrower Tanks? Mortar Carrier? Observation Post? Etc? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Valentine Infantry Tank The 'Vally' has been described as the simplest, the most workmanlike, the most versatile, and the most reliable of the British tanks. It was the only one in development at the outbreak of the conflict that was still in service with front line combat units at its end. It was successful as an infantry tank, its intended role, but also as a cruiser. It was employed as training tank and as the basis for some fascinating variants. It was regarded with affection by those who served in it. More tanks and their derivatives were produced during WWII on the Valentine tank platform than on any other. Over 8000 Valentines and variants were manufactured and saw service across North Africa and Italy; through France into Germany; from India to Burma; New Zealand to Guadalcanal and Russia to Berlin. After the war, Valentines served in several armies as late as 1960. Despite this glorious history, the Vally has been in the shadow of more famous AFVs for a long time. It's a typically British unsung hero. I only learned of the machine a couple of years ago when I saw the 2017 Tamiya kit on the shelves. Since then I've bought some books and kits, and decided to build a group of Valentines here in a WIP as a long, slow project. There will be gaps between each build when I take breaks to build other things. However, when I'm working on a Vally build, I find that I post updates quite often. Your contributions, suggestions and encouragement are always most welcome. The thread tends to digress quite a bit at times but you can always scroll down to the next lot of photographs if the conversations get tedious.