Pete's Airfix Operation Herrick Warrior 1/48

[stillp]

Finished this at last. I'm still not happy with the over-scale bar armour, but it's a better model with than without I think.

Not a bad kit to build, but needs a lot of forward thinking and planning, which I'm not good at, and a few of the locating pins are a bit too big for their holes.
I sacrificed one of the short rear aerials to the carpet monster so had to make one out of a piece of sprue, chucked in a dremel and sanded down to somewhere near the right thickness. Then I lost half the decals!
Build thread here: https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...warrior.33487/
Pete

[spanner570]

One neat and tidy build Pete.
Nice detail too.

Ron

[Guest]

Crisp and clean Pete, very nice indeed.

[Guest]

Very nice Pete :smiling3:.

[Steve Jones]

Luv it Pete. Cracking build. Enjoyed the blog as well

[papa 695]

Very nice indeed.

[Jim R]

Hi Pete
That is a really nice model. The armour looks fine despite the moulding limitations resulting in it being a bit over scale. I enjoyed the build.
Jim

[PaulTRose]

nice....i like that

got one of these in the stash and been wondering what they build up like

[stillp]

Thanks for the kind comments chaps, much appreciated. Paul, go for it, it was a nice kit to build. If I hadn't seen real bar armour on a Scimitar at the Tanks, Trucks and Firepower show I'd have been a lot happier with the kit armour.
I've been feeling there was something missing, but then I realised I'd weathered the inside but forgotten the dust on the outside! All the photos of them in Afghanistan show a lot of dust, so it's now had a good dose of Flory Sand Wash. If that looks OK when fully dry I'll take some more pics tomorrow, weather (and garden duties) permitting.
Pete

[JR]

Peter very nice, you might have realised the bar armour was too thick but I certainly didn't.

[Mini Me]

I'm with the rest, A very nice result indeed. Cheers, Rick H.

[stillp]

A few more, with added dust (Flory weathering wash, Sand):

Not too bad for a £10 bargain!
Pete

[Mr Bowcat]

Very nice build Pete.

[colin m]

It was looking nice to start with, but a layer of dust, really 'wakes' the build up.

[Guest]

Pete,
Really great build and finish. OK the bar armour is far too thick, but after all it is in 1/48, and is aimed at the mass market. Well done, it could sit in my case happily..
Mike.