BKirwan Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Here is another kit that I actually finished end of last year including the diorama. Its Takom's AML 90 done up in Irish Defence Forces 1st Cavalry on manouvers sometime in the mid- late eighties I think. Decals are home designed and printed. Great kit except for the wheels; I replaced the kit wheels with resin wheel from Blast. The dio is scratch built. regards Brian 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Look's great Brian,I think this might be the first time I've seen am Irish armoured subject! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Very good. I really must get my hands on the Takom kits. Both the 60 and 90 are long on my to do list. I remember both from my time in the FCA back in the eighties. A few points, is that camouflage or just mud? I never saw them in anything other than green. Is that a Charlie Haughey poster on the ground? Looks like it.😃 Also, are they lost? I say that because usually the lines on the side of the road are yellow in Ireland and those appear to white. Have they crossed the border by mistake? 🤔 Easy mistake to make. Ask me how I know. 😁😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKirwan Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, noelh said: Very good. I really must get my hands on the Takom kits. Both the 60 and 90 are long on my to do list. I remember both from my time in the FCA back in the eighties. A few points, is that camouflage or just mud? I never saw them in anything other than green. Is that a Charlie Haughey poster on the ground? Looks like it.😃 Also, are they lost? I say that because usually the lines on the side of the road are yellow in Ireland and those appear to white. Have they crossed the border by mistake? 🤔 Easy mistake to make. Ask me how I know. 😁😊 Yes its mud. I used a combination of pastels and paint for it. These were temporary exercise colours and markings. If I can dig up the photos I will post them here. That's is indeed a FF election campaign poster met Mr. Haugheys mug on it. There is also a RTE Guide at the foot of the trooper by the wall. As to the colour of the road markings, you now have me wondering...….. you are right of course so I am wondering how I came up with the white. Edited January 29, 2019 by BKirwan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Looking good, really nice kit to build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 4 hours ago, BKirwan said: Yes its mud. I used a combination of pastels and paint for it. These were temporary exercise colours and markings. If I can dig up the photos I will post them here. That's is indeed a FF election campaign poster met Mr. Haugheys mug on it. There is also a RTE Guide at the foot of the trooper by the wall. As to the colour of the road markings, you now have me wondering...….. you are right of course so I am wondering how I came up with the white. Missed the RTE guide, nice touch. Only being mischievous about the road markings. Maybe they were white back then? I can't remember. But I'm more worried about about the number of holes in the sand track on the hull. I must get out my magnifying glass and count them again. Then there's the question of rivets. 🕵️♀️ 😄 Only joking. I'll have to get me a Panhard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Looks great, all the better for being in such an unusual scheme. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trpsarge Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 The AML 90 Model is the petrol engined one, the one in the picture is a Peugeot conversion to diesel which all the ()s in the DF were at the stage when the picture was taken, 1st Cav 90s with an AML127( .5 Car) in the mix. All taken in Fermoy , home to 1 Cav at the time. I was 'enemy'on the same exercise and we took out all of these cars with 84mm Carl Gustavs..and flour bombs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKirwan Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 Thxs for the additional info. Do you have a year ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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