AFV Club FV107 Scimitar CVR/T Falklands era

[wasdale32]

Finally made a start on this as part of a club "Falklands 40" build thread.

AFV Club Scimitar - the kit is for a late (Bosnia/Gulf) era vehicle but I'm using SMM resin and Fruil tracks to backdate to a Falklands era vehicle:

[wasdale32]

Mandatory sprue shots ...

[papa 695]

Looking forward to seeing this, I used to play with these, and the Scorpion.

[wasdale32]

First I had to replace the hinged transmission cover with the SMM bolted version

[wasdale32]

Opened the replacement "early" suspension and stalled ... one piece missing and one piece duplicated - I emailed Michael at SMM and he's sending me a replacement (excellent service)

[wasdale32]

Decided to fill in some time by doing the crew (Accurate Armour) figures... Dunno if I've done them justice - the close ups pick out every little error!

[Guest]

I’ve always liked CVR(T)s, and these are quite good kits (for those interested, the Revell ones are just reboxes of the AFV Club ones). Good plan to replace the tracks, though — the single-piece, soft plastic ones you get in the kit look thin and are so short they’re under a lot of tension when they’re around the wheels.

Also: how long ago did you buy this kit, then?

[adt70hk]

Great work so far. Love the figures in particular!!

ATB

Andrew

[wasdale32]

I’ve always liked CVR(T)s, and these are quite good kits (for those interested, the Revell ones are just reboxes of the AFV Club ones). Good plan to replace the tracks, though — the single-piece, soft plastic ones you get in the kit look thin and are so short they’re under a lot of tension when they’re around the wheels.

Also: how long ago did you buy this kit, then? :smiling3:

I grabbed the kit in a local hobby store second hand pile about 3 years ago - cost about £15 if I remember correctly - picked up the other bits over the intervening time.

I might try to find a Revell Scorpion to go with the Scimitar.

[Jon Heptonstall]

It's a great model especially with the SMM parts.Did you get the etched track guards as well? Makes a big difference.
Also I can't tell whether the AA crew are wearing the early Dan Dare helmets or the more modern ones.Hornet do a set of heads with Dan Dare helmets if you need them.
Jon.

[Guest]

I grabbed the kit in a local hobby store second hand pile about 3 years ago

Then they clearly had it for a long time (Look at the sticker on the box.)

[wasdale32]

It's a great model especially with the SMM parts.Did you get the etched track guards as well? Makes a big difference.
Also I can't tell whether the AA crew are wearing the early Dan Dare helmets or the more modern ones.Hornet do a set of heads with Dan Dare helmets if you need them.
Jon.

They're wearing the 1970's style helmets like these and early-ish combats with the smaller pockets. One has the old style fur lined cap but I've painted it as a private purchase

[wasdale32]

Then they clearly had it for a long time :smiling3: (Look at the sticker on the box.)

It was a lucky find as it even includes the limited edition resin figure