Meter rat wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:14 pm
zooma wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:13 pm.
My main interest is in tanks from the Cold War period to current times and so I have just ordered a HAYA Chieftain and hope to buy a HAYA Centurian - to be funded by selling one of my Tamiya Leopard 2A6 tanks (or my Tamiya Sherman or Tamiya Tiger 1 models as I have lost interest in WW2 period models).
Hello and welcome from the West Coast of Scotland. Thank goodness somebody is trying to drag this forum into the 20th century with something modern, or a least post war.
Hi Meter rat,
I did all the WW2 stuff for many years (mainly static models in 1/35 scale and the early Tamiya 1/16 scale r/c models) but I now like to model tanks from the Cold War era up to the present day.
Most armour modellers still prefer to make models from the WW2 period, but my most recent 1/35 scale models have been of the Conquerer Mk1 and Mk2 as well as the experimental spaced armour prototype Conquerer to sit alongside my Centurion models that were in service with the Conquerer in Germany.
Imagine a 1/16 scale r/c model of a Conquerer - now that would be something different!
My new HAYA Chieftain is due to be delivered today, and when I have time I will see what it would take to make a Mk 11 with the Chobham armour fitted as it would represent the most common version to be seen towards the end of its service life - and it was by far the most impressive looking Chieftain variant IMHO.
Looking to the future, a Centurion and a Challenger would make nice additions to my collection and maybe a T72 or T90 by way of a contrast would be nice as well!
Bob.
Never too old to learn........