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Folks, this is the kit that got be back into modelling when it came out 5 years ago. After these years of learning new techniques (and buying an airbrush!) I decided I wanted to redo it and do it justice. I've gone for a Cold War version, so I lost the back bins, square side bin (replaced with a spare Chieftain side bin, as was the fashion), and the cam pole holders. All were post Cold War additions. I added a carry handle to the GPMG which Takom had missed. Also swopped out the fire extinguishers for the older smaller green one which were still in use back then and the drivers mirrors for the older type. The yellow fuel caps was down to use having a mixed fleet of petrol mark ones and diesel mark twos. When you pulled up to a refuelling point in the middle of the night in the pitch black you didn't want the wrong fuel put in. Diesel was yellow, petrol was red and AVGAS/kero purple (?). This was colour coding is used on jerrycans as well. Paints were a mixture of Mig, Tamiya and Humbrol acrylics. The IRR green is Mig NATO green with a few drops of yellow ochre. Quick Shine for the gloss coat, pin wash oil paint and terps, and Vallejo matt varnish. Mig dark earth and dust pigments for the weathering. And this is the comparison It was enjoyable revisiting it and correcting my earlier errors but I the kit had a lot more flash than I remember - maybe the tooling it getting worn. Still a great kit however of a Cold War warrior - I saw somewhere we are sending 200 to Ukraine - I didn't think we had 200 left. Bill
