Friday, 27 February 2015

Great Gallic gun guddle - AMX Mk.61 - part un

Despite the pace of the arms race which is Little Cold Wars, my forces still lack much by way of self propelled artillery.  Casting around for a 'quick win' bodge I hit upon a photo of the SP gun variant of the trusty AMX-13.  This mounted a 105mm gun in a fixed casemate on a pretty standard looking AMX-13 hull.
Not only do I have quite a few Solido AMX-13s, but the 'fleet' includes a few broken DCA (self propelled AA) variants.  A pair of turrets was duly removed.....
...and a couple of bits of insulation foam cut roughly to shape.  The wrong shape as it turns out - but more of that later.
Plastic guns and shields were added...
...along with top hatches.  An initial base coat of paint followed.
The casemates were glued on using PVA.  They were weighted down overnight while the glue dried.
I mentioned the shape of the casemate.  Turns out that the front is angled either side of the gun mount.  I suspect, however, that the vehicle is sufficiently obscure that few people will know any better then I did.  And let's be honest - I don't much care!


(Guddle: a fine Scottish word for a mess, muddle or confusion.)
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5 comments:

  1. Geordie an Exiled FoG27 February 2015 at 22:37

    I am now officially "scared" ot this project

    One 54mm soldier could turn me, previously I had thought of these in terms of my youngest son's wargaming education .. but now

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  2. Nigel Drury28 February 2015 at 10:48

    If you've more spare hulls I think there was also an APC variant on that chassis.

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  3. Tim Gow2 March 2015 at 16:14

    Geordie
    You are scared? Fear not - come and join us on the dark side....

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  4. Tim Gow2 March 2015 at 16:15

    Nigel Drury
    That would be the AMX-VCI - also modelled by Solido. I have......well let's just say more then one of them....

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  5. Nigel Drury2 March 2015 at 21:44

    There's always the 155mm variant (Mk F3)

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