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Centurion. MK5 to Danish Cent.

And the work begins...

The hull modifications

The AFV Club kit (ref 35122 NATO Centurion) must be modified or adapted to match the Danish version.

The chassis is built straight from the box. Only the idlers are replaced by the Firestorm reference FS35155. The kit tires are replaced too by the Firestorm resin ones FS35159. The tracks are the kit ones. They are glued thanks to standard plastic glue. To put them in place, the idlers must not be glued in the most forward position to avoid an excessive tension.

The building of the hull does not need many comments. You can see many other Cents built over there so I won’t extend on this part.

The rear plate is modified. The telephone box must be fixed. The handle is deleted and the hinged flap modified. The left towing cable bracket is lowered. Its shape is altered as it is different from the kit part and should look like the right side bracket. A small rectangle of plastic card is glued on its initial location. On the right, a bracket for a stove is added.

On the lower part, the fuel trailer equipment is added with bits of plastic card and some copper wire.

Finally, on the front fenders, two mirrors are made of plastic card and copper rod. On the left side sponson, just behind the turret well, two brackets must be added. They are made from thin plastic card. Unfortunately I can’t remember what they are designed for.