Two kits were released this year. The RAF Refuelling Set contained a two fuel tankers - a Bedford QL and an AEC Matador 6x6. Both useful in their intended forms, these again offered excellent conversion possibilities.
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| A standard Bedford QL tanker. |
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| An equally standard Matador tanker. |
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| A generic lorry based on the 6x6 Matador - less an axle! |
The second release in this year was a very 'modern' subject - the Leopard tank. This has the dubious distinction of being one of the few Airfix AFV kits I have never actually built. That said, from what I've seen it seems a good representation of the real deal.
Once again I don't have one to hand (though there is an unbuilt kit lurking in a box somewhere and another in need of much TLC), so I am grateful to
Paul at Plastic Warriors for the photo of the box, and
Ion at Archduke Piccolo for the pic of his splendidly battle-weary looking Leo.
4 comments:
Now that I think about it I could do with Airfix Leo's now!
Thanks to old issues of Military Modelling I will never run out of ideas on how to convert all these RAF vehicles.
Nice post.
How much does that Leopard owe to the Panther - never noticed before..!
Paul Foster
I'm sure you have a few conversions still to do!
Steve the Wargamer
The designers certainly consulted some Wehrmacht veterans.
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