This is something I've been working on quite slowly for the past few months as a school project. The idea is a hypothetical AFV from the 1980s, following on from such designs as the Chieftain CTR and Kanonenjagdpanzer. The backstory is that the Bundeswehr, British Army, Swedish Army and Belgian Army proposed a joint effort to design a new family of vehicles in the (Experimental) Combat Vehicle - Multiple Role program. Development began with two vehicles, a casemated guntank and a conventional IFV. The two vehicles were designed to use the same hull and thus simplify manufacturing. Modularity was the word of the day, with the vehicle intended to be able to be set up in different ways for different operators or missions.
The model is currently in a pretty early state, aesthetically, with the functional (R/C) parts being much closer to completion. The shape is, admittedly, much simpler than I would've liked, but, hey, woodworking isn't easy, especially when all you have to work with is the remains of someone's shed and a case of wine (not the wine, the case itself. My parents drank the wine).
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SomeDuckWithAnUltimax, on Flickr
This is what it looked like before Christmas, nothing has changed externally but I've started drilling holes for various things and building suspension units. After averaging two hours to a unit from the first four, I'm starting to regret going with seven road wheels per side...