Saturday, 7 January 2017

20mm Falklands Scimitar Part 1

Back to the Falklands for a 20mm Scimitar to support my Brits. When I decided to do a Scimitar I was aware of the Britannia one, Airfix and Ace. I tend towards resin for a quicker build but got offered a look at the Ace one which is an excellent kit but had etched brass tracks! This was unfortunately a non starter so I ordered a Britannia one from Grubby. I built one quite a few years ago when the late Dave Howitt ran the show and it was a good wargames model. However the latest one I received was obviously a victim of old moulds, covered in bubbles with the smoke dischargers on the turret missing and a fair bit of detail gone soft. I suspect a few folks would have returned it but I decided to crack on with the filler and plastruct. The photos below show the reconstruction work finished, the tank commander has his sleeves rolled up, obviously for summer on the north German plain so he got some long sleeves for the weather down south.
On a side issue I was wanting a couple of Britannia Centurions for my SADF troops but I'm quite wary, think I'll just have to look at the quality in the flesh at Vapnartak at York in February. Here's hoping. Dougie
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  1. Richard Naylor7 January 2017 at 14:08

    I had the same sort of issues with a Britannia IS-2 even to the extent of having to rebuild the commander cupola. I gave up with it in the end.

    Note that S&S models make a resin SADF Centurion

    Cheers
    Richard

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  2. Dougie8 January 2017 at 09:53

    Its not ideal Richard, I'll check out S&S

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  3. Rolf13 January 2017 at 14:10

    The new ACE cents are very nice . The hobbymaster cents are also exceptional .

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    1. Dougie13 January 2017 at 15:09

      Cheers Rolf, I had a look at the Ace one, no etched brass tracks, Woo Hoo!

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    2. Rolf14 January 2017 at 09:19

      The Ace stuff is much improved , when I get the chq in from sending the kids cleaning chimneys I will buy their new conway tank killer .... has to be a winter of 79 scenario based on that beast .

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    3. Dougie14 January 2017 at 15:01

      Ha Ha, like the Eastern Front KV2 scenario ;)

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  4. Rolf16 January 2017 at 14:33

    100% but can't find one online ... grrrr . Like the Model collect 1/72 Gaz 66 trucks , hope I didn't miss the boat :-(

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    1. Dougie16 January 2017 at 23:51

      Its always a problem you've got to grab them when you can. I'm at Vapnartak at York in a couple of weeks I'll keep my eyes open for you ;)

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