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Challenger CRAAV

Malcolm Ireson puts his Challenger CRAAV in 1/35th scale on display. Link to Item If you have comments or questions please post them here. Thanks!

Very nice build. I guess it is the AA conversion but which donor kit is this ?

Cheers darren thanks mate.

Hi Marcel, CRAAV is a CHALLENGER armoured recoverey vehicle ChARRV is a Chieftan armoured recoverey vehicle, the older version built on the chieftan tank chassis

Hi olivier, yes its the accurate armour conversion, on the Tamiya challenger chassis, its an expensive do, as all you use from the tamiya kit is the running gear, but the rest is no good without and wheels. cheers mate, malc.

To my knowledge, Chieftain ARV and subsequently Chieftain ARRV were referred to as that, with no "C" or "Ch" All references to CHARRV pertain to Challenger. Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicles (CHARRV). I can't find any reference to CRAAV. I can't even work out what it means.

Hi There, I think this is a superb model, I'm just getting back into modelling after a break and looking to build current armour, this is the inspiration I need!!!! I used to be in the REME but only worked on B vehicles, not armour, I think you've captured the "sprit" of the CRAAV very well, Regards Mark

Hi all, thanks for all the good comments, much appreciated, now to the abreviations used.... CRAAV.... said CRARVE is slang used by the crews for a chally arv CHAARV... said CHARVE is slang used for a chiefy arv. Although Im not ex REME, being an ex ROYAL ENGINEER,of some 15 years service, I worked a lot in the field squadrons next to the REME guys in thier field workshops, and fitter sections, so when I titled my model, i may have used the the slang words for the vehicles, and not the actual abreviations, sorry force of habbit, but anyway, I thought it was about the models, and not the spelling of the abreviations used hope this clears up any confusion malc.

Very nice job on this Malcolm, it looks really good. I'm starting to develop an interest in engineering vehicles and this is really nice, well done sir! Bob