Military models

I'm so envious of the modellers in an faceache page I joined, they put my cack handed efforts to shame.

 
There is a real lack of Cold War models (esp British) on the market so when Airfix teased about this Stolly in my prefered scale 1/35 I snapped it up & £10 off for a damaged box that'll be in the bin as soon as it's built.

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ButcherBill said:
There is a real lack of Cold War models (esp British) on the market so when Airfix teased about this Stolly in my prefered scale 1/35 I snapped it up & £10 off for a damaged box that'll be in the bin as soon as it's built.

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Loved the stolly, got to drive one about 28 years ago, absolute monster, can't be many good examples about these days, they rusted faster than an Austin princess lol

 
A landy was all the driving I got to do (unless you count a field cooker? It did run on petrol)

 
I'm not a tabletop gamer but thought these were cool, ordered a platoon set & thought it might be of interest to some other forum members.

spectreminiatures.com

British Infantry Platoon

This bundle is only available for purchase until 31 December 2025! It includes: British Platoon HQ British Rifle Section Alfa British Rifle Section Bravo British Rifle Section Charlie A total of 29 unique figures and a festive bundle saving!
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Those figures are cool and I had forgotten about this thread which ties in nicely with my yearly "let's build a 1/16 tank" thing I seem to do. Here's a very recently finished Takom 1/16 Panzer Ausf A from North Africa WW2
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I'm building up a nice wee collection of kits, mainly 1/72 or 1/35 but not built any this year.
Lacking display space & every now and then knock one off the shelf :cry:
 
ButcherBill said:
For those that are interested, Airfix are releasing an Alvis Saracen later this year.

uk.airfix.com

A1385 Alvis Saracen Mk.1/Mk.2

A1385, Alvis FV603 Saracen Mk.5, Airfix, 1:35 Scale
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Another model ive got great memories of, last time I was in one of these we were firing through the gun ports on the side (7.62 blanks), i ended up with red hot shell casings from the mucker to my left going down the neck of my combat smock, & i had no shirt on underneath.
How we laughed 😅 (once id stopped squealing lol)
 
There are/were a couple rotting away close to where I live, never got close enough to see if they're Saracens or Humber Pigs tho (until recently I thought they were the same vehicle).
 
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There are/were a couple rotting away close to where I live, never got close enough to see if they're Saracens or Humber Pigs tho (until recently I thought they were the same vehicle).
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Yeah, thinking about it, think they were quite similar, last time I was in one (or the other ?🤔), would have been about '84, so im veering towards it being a saracen, think the pigs were in use much earlier ?

Just had a google at a pig, definitely before my time😂
 
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