Mence
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Post by Mence on Jun 25, 2020 14:36:46 GMT
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Post by Paul B on Jun 25, 2020 14:41:19 GMT
Now this is gonna be cool  . Don't forget the black stripe around the casemate and the white H on top  |
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Post by Mence on Jun 25, 2020 15:16:59 GMT
Now this is gonna be cool . Don't forget the black stripe around the casemate and the white H on top Clearly missing something here boss |
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Post by Snipersmudge on Jun 25, 2020 15:19:08 GMT
Oh yes, like where this is going  |
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Post by Paul B on Jun 25, 2020 15:35:53 GMT
Operation Musketeer, or the Suez Campaign. This was the British and French involvement on the Suez. The operation was first called Hamilcar, but this had a problem. The Brits painted and H on their vehicles, the french painted an A on theirs. This was down to the different ways of spelling Hamilcar. Brit= starts with H French= starts with A The codename was therefore changed from Hamilcar to Musketeer, but the vehicle markings were to be all with an H.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Musketeer_(1956) |
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Mence
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Post by Mence on Jun 25, 2020 15:53:39 GMT
Thanks Paul, that is certainly thought provoking!
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Post by Paul H on Jun 26, 2020 7:36:20 GMT
Love it!
Nice combo of real & what if....
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Post by jabbly on Jun 26, 2020 11:10:12 GMT
Looking forward to this one and it reminds me I must get back to the FV183b when it's not so hot and Desporados III stops sucking on my spare time.
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Post by CeeBee on Jun 26, 2020 15:05:57 GMT
Now this is gonna be cool . Don't forget the black stripe around the casemate and the white H on top Clearly missing something here boss Reason he knows is cos he was that Soldier!!!!!   |
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Post by Paul B on Jun 26, 2020 15:36:59 GMT
You necky fercker |
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Post by Tim S on Jun 26, 2020 17:00:34 GMT
Mence,
If I may add a little something, Suez was "56" not "58".
When I was working on the Hawker Hunter, I realised that I could claim to be a "Suez" baby. Dad was ready\on board when the stand down came at the back end of October early November '56. I was born August '57 which by my dodgy calculations equates to 9 months after.
Tim
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Post by Mence on Jun 26, 2020 18:21:37 GMT
Mence,
If I may add a little something, Suez was "56" not "58".
When I was working on the Hawker Hunter, I realised that I could claim to be a "Suez" baby. Dad was ready\on board when the stand down came at the back end of October early November '56. I was born August '57 which by my dodgy calculations equates to 9 months after.
Tim
Hi Tim. You are indeed spot on which is why I am posting in the what if section, what if the British Army had built the FV217 and it had served in a what if environment of an extended Suez conflict. I like to play with hypothetical situations. |
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Post by Mence on Jun 26, 2020 18:26:27 GMT
Hello chaps. Modest start, front and rear panels. As these parts are borrowed from AHs Conqueror kits, a small amount of surgery on the rear panel was necessary to remove the gun travel lock mounts.  |
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Post by Paul B on Jun 26, 2020 18:33:09 GMT
We're off |
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Post by Ian H. on Jun 26, 2020 21:27:10 GMT
Looking forward to this one as I love hypothetical builds.
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Post by SteveM on Jun 27, 2020 7:20:31 GMT
Great choice for a what-if, I’ll tag along too |
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Post by Mence on Jun 27, 2020 14:30:56 GMT
Chaps. Family stuff dominating but have got the hull parts together and the start of the...err...i guess mounts for armour to protect the running gear.  |
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Post by Paul B on Jun 27, 2020 14:49:50 GMT
Very nice, and the side skirt mounts look nice and straight too  |
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Post by Mence on Jun 27, 2020 15:21:48 GMT
Very nice, and the side skirt mounts look nice and straight too They have a fairly positive location point so they align quite well, one on each side (same part number) are a little out but that appears to me a moulding issue. |
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Post by jabbly on Jun 27, 2020 16:44:36 GMT
Very nice, and the side skirt mounts look nice and straight too Heh, so did mine. How wrong I was  |
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