This is going to be my build for this GB.
I've also got some after market goodies for the correct stowage bins and the like.
I've also got some after market goodies for the correct stowage bins and the like.
papa 695s AFV Club 1/35 scale Scorpion
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I love these "Tanks" 
There was one used for Airfield defence when I was at RAF Wildenrath and was amazed how small it was....
.... Didn't seem much bigger than the Action Man one I had as a kid !!
Andy
There was one used for Airfield defence when I was at RAF Wildenrath and was amazed how small it was....
.... Didn't seem much bigger than the Action Man one I had as a kid !!
Andy
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These are fun if you’ve also built a long-wheelbase Land Rover. Put them next to each other, and you can clearly see they’re about the same length and width …
That looks like a great choice Ian.
Interesting little beasts these. They always seemed like a modern take on the universal carrier.
Geoffers
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Nice 
Good luck with the build Ian.
Geoff.
Good luck with the build Ian.
Geoff.
All cleaned up ready to start.
Nice to have you aboard Mick
A tidy bench - it looks ok, but just seems wrong. I can't put my finger on it.
scottie3158
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I used to love driving these you could go as fast backwards as forwards. Looking forward to this.
langy71
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This is a beautiful little kit, Mrs L made this a few years back..(my attempt to get her interested in the hobby..) I'm looking forward to your progress..
langy71
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I can remember being chased across Salisbury plain by the 'Sabre version' of these during an 'escape and evasion' exercise many years ago... couldn't believe how fast they were..
(I've still got an empty 30mm casing from one of the Sabre's we watched giving a target a bad day..)
Airborne01
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Chased ? - how fast were you Usain Langy ...?
Steve
Thanks guys, I’ve made a start, got the wheels and sprockets done. Also the suspension fitted.
Geoffers
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Good start Papa
I built one of these a few years ago but never finished it as I couldn’t get the tracks to fit, they seemed slightly too short.
It was probably a mistake on my part during the build but I thought it might be worth you knowing just in case.
Geoff.
I built one of these a few years ago but never finished it as I couldn’t get the tracks to fit, they seemed slightly too short.
It was probably a mistake on my part during the build but I thought it might be worth you knowing just in case.
Geoff.
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I haven’t built much armour, but the one thing I do remember was the wheels, loads of wheels.
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It wasn’t your mistake, those tracks are too short. I’ve built both the AFV Club Scimitar and Revell Scorpion (which is a rebox of the AFV Club kit), and both of these had tracks that stretched very tight around the wheels, to the extent that they pulled a noticeable inward curve between the two sides of the drive sprocket.