Vickers Light Tank - 1940
Discussion
In a bit of a departure from my normal modelling comfort zone, I decided to have a go at some armour modelling.
This is the Airfix 1/76 Vickers Light Tank Mk VI The model depicts one of these tiny tanks in the colours of the 9th Lancers, 1st Armoured Division, British Expeditionary Force, France in 1940. No doubt, the real one was left behind following the Dunkirk evacuation.
The kit went together amazingly easily and fast (I started it on Saturday evening). Not one speck of filler was needed. However, I'm not giving Airfix any credit for this as this is kit originally moulded by JB and Airfix has fairly recently acquired these moulds. I was very pleased with the outcome and I might be tempted to do a few more 1/76 or 1/72 tanks.
This is the Airfix 1/76 Vickers Light Tank Mk VI The model depicts one of these tiny tanks in the colours of the 9th Lancers, 1st Armoured Division, British Expeditionary Force, France in 1940. No doubt, the real one was left behind following the Dunkirk evacuation.
The kit went together amazingly easily and fast (I started it on Saturday evening). Not one speck of filler was needed. However, I'm not giving Airfix any credit for this as this is kit originally moulded by JB and Airfix has fairly recently acquired these moulds. I was very pleased with the outcome and I might be tempted to do a few more 1/76 or 1/72 tanks.
You're getting through these kits a bit fast Eric! 
Looks great, the finish is just right.
I tried a building a Challenger 1 once in 1/48, not sure what the manufacturer was though. It looked ok when finished but I didn't know how best to paint the black rubber tracks. It was a static version of a remote control model so there was a bit less detail too.
Looks great, the finish is just right.
I tried a building a Challenger 1 once in 1/48, not sure what the manufacturer was though. It looked ok when finished but I didn't know how best to paint the black rubber tracks. It was a static version of a remote control model so there was a bit less detail too.
It looks excellent.
IMO the genuine Airfix military vehicles (and the control tower) are geat little models. I just need the Refuelling Set and I'll be building all the RAF vehicles again, only doing them right this time. I love the box art for them too.
The Bofors Gun and Tractor was a very nice model too IIRC (the desert scheme one with the raf roundel on the top). I might have another go at that as well one day.
IMO the genuine Airfix military vehicles (and the control tower) are geat little models. I just need the Refuelling Set and I'll be building all the RAF vehicles again, only doing them right this time. I love the box art for them too.
The Bofors Gun and Tractor was a very nice model too IIRC (the desert scheme one with the raf roundel on the top). I might have another go at that as well one day.
They're guns.
For me it's always the tracks that are the weakest link - they're essential to conveying the sense of mass of an AFV and not many kit manufacturers get them right in 1/76 or 1/72.
The Armourfast kits that I've seen are really for gaming tables, so they're super-simple, but the hard-moulded running gear can be very effective and you do get two for the price of one. That said, there is also a range of quick-build wargaming kits from Italeri which are terrific - nicely detailed, brillinatly moulded and a proper 'presence', even unpainted - but nothing like the range that Armourfast have to offer.
For me it's always the tracks that are the weakest link - they're essential to conveying the sense of mass of an AFV and not many kit manufacturers get them right in 1/76 or 1/72.
The Armourfast kits that I've seen are really for gaming tables, so they're super-simple, but the hard-moulded running gear can be very effective and you do get two for the price of one. That said, there is also a range of quick-build wargaming kits from Italeri which are terrific - nicely detailed, brillinatly moulded and a proper 'presence', even unpainted - but nothing like the range that Armourfast have to offer.
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