It`s an AS 42!

[Fernando N]

Nice one Andy, interesting armour too the jerrycans on the sides:thumb2:

[Steve-the-Duck]

Gentleman,i give you Chris.......
The very seller i bought the kit from!!....... it`s a small world!

Y'know, I seem to remember it was you put me onto this forum - and now I can see what might have been with, formerly, my kit!

[The Smythe Meister]

A`noon Guys,
Well,some work has gone on here,but i`m awaiting a paint order so progress has halted.I`m not one for "Exact" paint numbers/grades,however i do want it fairly "Italian" as i`m going to be doing a fair bit of Desert based stuff,so a bit of contrast between the various countries would be desirable!
Karl,Can`t beat a good Italeri kit,rather under rated IMHO!!
Chris,Welcome along Sir !
Paul,`tis a pretty cool AFV ain`t it?!!
Jakko,Like this you mean.........

(Top Right there people!),it does look good doesn`t it!!.....although as the Chaps mention,it aint just ,any old "RED"!
Simon,I know what you mean.....this book has it all!
Steve,Good to see you pop in mate,and thanks for the pic!
Scottie,Always welcomed mate...... and it`s good to see you!
Jim,Glad to see you joining in Buddy
Fernando,yes,Jerry cans are a strange choice for protection!!
So then,i`ll put up the progress........

This`ll all be covered,but fits a treat,and not all flash needs detailed attention!.........

The under,underside!!.........

To show some up close detail.....

Well,that`s it up to now,it is all primered up, we await the Postie!!!!!!
Thanks for looking in.
Andy

[Guest]

Jakko,Like this you mean.........
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That’s the one. I’d so far only seen black-and-white photographs of it, though.

Fernando,yes,Jerry cans are a strange choice for protection!!

Not really. They’re containers filled with liquid, which will provide a decent amount of protection against bullets and shell fragments. Petrol in a full, enclosed container is unlikely to catch fire from small arms bullets, and even in a partly empty one you generally need tracers or incendiary rounds to set it alight. (Diesel is even less likely to burn, but the AS.42 had a petrol engine.) The Swedes stuck side skirts consisting of plastic fuel cans on the Strv. 103C, the Israelis even use the fuel tanks of the Merkava as an integral part of the tank’s crew protection.