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Offline Buzzbomb

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #725 on: January 02, 2025, 06:18:40 AM »
Quote from: Claymore on January 01, 2025, 08:41:45 PM
Guardian Engagement Control Vehicle Update:

No rest for the wicked!  Chrimbo prezzies gratefully received and so work has commenced on the Guardian Engagement Control Vehicle (ECV) (and its associated Type 909 Target Tracking and Illumination radar) project to accompany my Tracked Guardian TEL.  Very early days, so no pics yet…  :smiley:

As always with anything you do.. really looking forward to it.
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #726 on: January 02, 2025, 06:58:25 AM »
Quote from: Buzzbomb on January 02, 2025, 06:18:40 AM

As always with anything you do.. really looking forward to it.

Most kind - hopefully I won’t disappoint!  ;)
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #727 on: January 02, 2025, 04:39:15 PM »
Quote from: Claymore on January 02, 2025, 06:58:25 AM
Quote from: Buzzbomb on January 02, 2025, 06:18:40 AM

As always with anything you do.. really looking forward to it.

Most kind - hopefully I won’t disappoint!  ;)

BT ain't the only one - & that's highly unlikely! :smiley: :smiley:
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #728 on: January 03, 2025, 01:55:04 AM »
Thanks mate, much appreciated!  :smiley:
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #729 on: January 07, 2025, 08:18:04 PM »
Guardian Engagement Control Vehicle Update:

Have been quite busy over the past week and now have most of the Guardian ECV pulled together - still some detail on the radar to be added and those pesky wing mirrors! I have purposely kept the layout similar to that of the earlier Bloodhound Mk 4 ECV as the conversion of the respective hulls would have been done by the same company (GKN Sankey) and, therefore, would share a similar developmental lineage. The rear crew compartment of the Bloodhound Mk 4 ECV was based on GKN Sankey's FV432 APC whilst the rear crew compartment of the Guardian ECV is based on their FV510 Warrior.















The developmental similarities between the two ECVs are all the more striking when it is remembered that, later in its life, the Bloodhound ECV lost its secondary surveillance radar capability (the Type 81 Blue Scarab radar was only ever intended as a reversionary fallback capability whose detection range fell well short of the Bloodhound missile's reach - as such the radar was little used and eventually was removed as a cost saving measure.)





More detail on the Guardian backstory to follow...
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #730 on: January 07, 2025, 09:11:33 PM »
Another great job on the radar unit.
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #731 on: January 07, 2025, 09:36:23 PM »
Quote from: Ramba on January 07, 2025, 09:11:33 PM
Another great job on the radar unit.

Thanks.  The naval version of the Type 909 was usually cover by a large protective dome (way too big for the tracked ECV) but some versions had a more open mount with a cone-like shroud in front of the main dish - a better option altogether. 👍



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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #732 on: January 07, 2025, 09:40:48 PM »
Your scratch skills always amaze me and you make great use of those M109 hulls. They are very modular design to fit various systems.
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #733 on: January 07, 2025, 09:54:54 PM »
That's amazing
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #734 on: January 07, 2025, 10:07:52 PM »
Quote from: Ramba on January 07, 2025, 09:40:48 PM
Your scratch skills always amaze me and you make great use of those M109 hulls. They are very modular design to fit various systems.

Quote from: ChalkLine on January 07, 2025, 09:54:54 PM
That's amazing

Many thanks!  A few bits to add and then on to painting… :smiley:
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #735 on: January 07, 2025, 11:55:10 PM »
Fantastic job! That radar would be interesting as a standalone (in a trailer) or on a truck as well.
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #736 on: January 08, 2025, 01:09:06 AM »
Quote from: Frank3k on January 07, 2025, 11:55:10 PM
Fantastic job! That radar would be interesting as a standalone (in a trailer) or on a truck as well.

Agreed
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #737 on: January 08, 2025, 05:06:20 AM »
As expected.. another first rate build
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #738 on: January 08, 2025, 06:53:58 AM »
Quote from: Frank3k on January 07, 2025, 11:55:10 PM
Fantastic job! That radar would be interesting as a standalone (in a trailer) or on a truck as well.

Quote from: GTX_Admin on January 08, 2025, 01:09:06 AM
Agreed

Quote from: Buzzbomb on January 08, 2025, 05:06:20 AM
As expected.. another first rate build

Most kind!  :icon_alabanza:
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #739 on: January 08, 2025, 05:37:08 PM »
Alright! That works! 8)

Really like the familial development process, too! :smiley:
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #740 on: January 11, 2025, 08:08:15 PM »
Guardian Engagement Control Vehicle Update:

Undercoat painting on hold as -20C is just not conducive to spraying in my garage! 🥶🥶❄️❄️🥶🥶

For those wondering, Mrs Claymore has declared spray painting indoors as verboten on pain of death - or worse! ☠️
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #741 on: January 12, 2025, 12:38:00 AM »
Quote from: Claymore on January 11, 2025, 08:08:15 PM
Undercoat painting on hold as -20C is just not conducive to spraying in my garage! 🥶🥶❄️❄️🥶🥶

I can understand that, I don't paint in my garage at less than -1oC (which doesn't happen too often in these parts).

Quote from: Claymore on January 11, 2025, 08:08:15 PM
For those wondering, Mrs Claymore has declared spray painting indoors as verboten on pain of death - or worse! ☠️

I never bothered thinking about it ... Some things you just know won't end well if you try them. ;)
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #742 on: January 12, 2025, 02:37:11 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #743 on: January 12, 2025, 03:14:05 AM »
So, while waiting for global warming to arrive in the Highlands of Scotland, I have started on the build of my next project base on Dragon’s M270A1 MLRS.

I had always imagined Dragon kits as being quite good but the moulding is (on some sprues) dreadful and the build instructions are, at best, wanting! Also, the kit, which I had to order direct from China, wasn’t exactly inspiring when it arrived - the box, which had been opened by U.K. Customs, was sporting a note from them stating that they were not responsible for the obvious water damage and that they hoped the additional cardboard and tape they had added had protected it on its onward travels. Many thanks to the U.K. Customs team and just a shame that the Chinese vendor hadn’t thought to do the same in the first place…


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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #744 on: January 12, 2025, 07:15:37 AM »
I have that kit too .... trying to think of what to do with it now that the rocket section has gone to another modeller --- & now that the command version is available as a separate kit.
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #745 on: January 12, 2025, 07:52:23 AM »
Hopefully, mine is going to end up as the final instalment of my AH British air defence series…   :icon_ninja:
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #746 on: January 12, 2025, 08:39:21 AM »
Quote from: Claymore on January 12, 2025, 07:52:23 AM
Hopefully, mine is going to end up as the final instalment of my AH British air defence series…   :icon_ninja:

Super excited to see what you do.

I based my thoughts on current British Defence medium/High level Anti Aircraft on the AS-90
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #747 on: January 12, 2025, 07:50:26 PM »
Quote from: Buzzbomb on January 12, 2025, 08:39:21 AM

Super excited to see what you do.

I based my thoughts on current British Defence medium/High level Anti Aircraft on the AS-90


Oh, very nice!  :-* :smiley:
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #748 on: January 12, 2025, 10:10:44 PM »
Quote from: Claymore on January 12, 2025, 07:50:26 PM
Quote from: Buzzbomb on January 12, 2025, 08:39:21 AM

Super excited to see what you do.

I based my thoughts on current British Defence medium/High level Anti Aircraft on the AS-90


Oh, very nice!  :-* :smiley:

That is good! 8)

And I don't remember seeing it before ... ??? ... Not saying I haven't seen it before, just that my memory isn't what it used to be ... :-\
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Offline Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #749 on: January 17, 2025, 11:39:38 PM »
Guardian Engagement Control Vehicle Update:

Temperatures are back within rattle-can tolerances and so the Guardian ECV is now resplendent in her undercoat and looking a little less cobbled together. I still have a bit of detailing to add to the radar - waiting for some bits and pieces to arrive, or should I say re-arrive as I ordered the wrong bits first time round!

Anyhoo, here are the latest WIP pics...








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