The Model Box

One of my new projects is to build some models of AFVs in use by the Philippine Army. I've been reading a variety of threads at the Timawa.net forums and here's a short list of the AFVs. In addition, the Philippine Army uses a variety of M113, Simba and V-150s: M113A1/2 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) - armed with 50 Caliber MG (variants have two 7.62mm MGs) Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) - with a V-150S turret armed with 50 Caliber MG and 7.62mm MG (variantshave two 50 Caliber MGs on its turret) Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) - with a Scorpion turret armed with one 76mm gun and one 7.62mm MG Armored Recovery Vehicle (ARV) - armed with 50 Caliber MG Simba Wheeled Personnel Carrier (WPC) - armed with 50 Caliber MG (others have one 40mm AGL) Armored Fighting Vehicle (AFV) - armed with 25mm cannon and 7.62mm MG Mobile Command Vehicle (MCV) armed with 50 Caliber MG and equipped with various communication equipment  Armored Ambulance Vehicle (AAV) - no arma...

 I decided to start a 1/72 Deutsche Afrika Korps wargaming army and the first AFV model I ordered from Hannants UK were a few boxes of the Armourfast Pz. Kpw. III Aus G. Each box contains two tanks and are designed to be used mainly for wargames, thus are easily assembled. Inside the box are two sprues, with parts for each tank on one each. A separate small sprue molded in grey holds the new side skirts. These will go to my bitz box.   There are no decals, no painting instructions and the like, only a simple assembly diagram on the box.   The instruction diagrams however aren't very helpful though so you'll need to know your way around a Panzer III:) I had a problem aligning the tracks. Both parts do not have alignment hubs. I ended up eyeballing them and glued each track one at a time to get the distance right. Another problem was that the roadwheels dont really touch the hull and they end up floating unattached. If you try to glue them to the hull, the tracks wil...

The War and Games blog has a very useful Deutsche Afrika Korps AFV section that I found while searching for info regarding the Afrika Korps. I recently decided to start a 1/72 WW2 wargame army for that theater and purchased a few boxes of Armourfast's quick-build Pz Kpw III G and a pack of Caesar Miniatures' DAK infantry. This is in addition to some old kits that I have in storage somewhere. Here's the link to the new page . Updated 11/15/12