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Online Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #925 on: January 27, 2026, 12:01:54 AM »
Valkyrie Update:

Right then! Time for a new project which I will be calling the 'Valkyrie'...

I'm going to be using this wee beastie as the base chassis for this whiff - noting that the Kugelblitz turret is already earmarked for the eventual construction of the Ratte - so just the hull.



The Valkyrie will sit within the same 1946 AH TL as my earlier Thor MLRS and the Griffin HAPC models - so looking at the reuse of obsolete vehicles for new weapon systems. More to follow... ;)




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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #926 on: January 27, 2026, 12:09:59 AM »
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #927 on: January 27, 2026, 06:50:12 AM »
Good choice, lovely kit - started putting a basic interior in my turret to have the doors open.
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #928 on: January 27, 2026, 05:19:04 PM »
That sound.. is the chair pulling up  :D
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Online Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #929 on: January 28, 2026, 05:06:30 PM »
 Hopefully, it won’t disappoint…  :smiley:
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Offline arc3371

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #930 on: January 28, 2026, 11:47:58 PM »
We do still eagerly await that Ratte
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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #931 on: January 29, 2026, 01:22:33 AM »
Quote from: arc3371 on January 28, 2026, 11:47:58 PM
We do still eagerly await that Ratte

Yup, it sits like a brooding monster up in my loft.  I really must get it down nd completed - if only to prove that I can.  However, I have absolutely no idea what I’ll do with it once it’s complete!  :o
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Offline arc3371

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #932 on: January 29, 2026, 01:49:18 AM »
Quote from: Claymore on January 29, 2026, 01:22:33 AM
Quote from: arc3371 on January 28, 2026, 11:47:58 PM
We do still eagerly await that Ratte

Yup, it sits like a brooding monster up in my loft.  I really must get it down nd completed - if only to prove that I can.  However, I have absolutely no idea what I’ll do with it once it’s complete!  :o

Donate it to Cortz! ( Is there such a thing as collect mail?)
« Last Edit: January 29, 2026, 01:56:38 AM by arc3371 »
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Online Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #933 on: January 29, 2026, 05:43:33 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D
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Online Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #934 on: February 02, 2026, 11:07:35 PM »
Valkyrie Update:

Still very early days, but first port of call is to move the engine from the rear to the mid position where the discarded turret would have been. This is supposed to be 1946 (in a Germany that ultimately survives WW2) and so whilst moving the engine, I decided to give it a bit of a face-lift too. The new Maybach HL120 TRM has been uprated to 330hp and the engine cooling system has also received a significant overhaul.

Not a lot glued in place yet and large blanking plate covering the rear deck - much to do... ;)




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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #935 on: February 03, 2026, 12:32:16 AM »
 :smiley:
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Offline Buzzbomb

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #936 on: February 03, 2026, 05:55:32 AM »
Generally whenever in this thread, whatever you do. I like it.

Went down a similar path of using older chassis to mount other weapons systems when I built my Rheintochter Missile TEL So very interested as you move forward
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Online Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #937 on: February 03, 2026, 05:48:43 PM »
Quote from: Buzzbomb on February 03, 2026, 05:55:32 AM
Generally whenever in this thread, whatever you do. I like it.

Went down a similar path of using older chassis to mount other weapons systems when I built my Rheintochter Missile TEL So very interested as you move forward

Thanks mate.

Yes, a very similar concept - great whiff by the way!  :smiley:
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Online Claymore

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Re: Claymore's AH AFVs: Take 2
« Reply #938 on: Today at 04:33:25 AM »
Valkyrie Update:

I have been working steadily on the Valkyrie’s weapon system and, it would be fair to say, it is doing my head in! It’s all a bit like juggling soot or herding cats - trying to keep the design practicalities of a complex 3D shape with several moving parts in my noggin while trying to hold all the various built sub-components in place in order to make some critical measurements is all but impossible. I need to rapidly evolve and grow another pair of arms and several more hands!

Meanwhile, the hull also still needs some serious surgery in order to get everything to fit in place - why do I do this to myself? 🤪
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