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Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 06:47 AM UTC
Malcolm Ireson puts his Challenger CRAAV in 1/35th scale on display.

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bison126
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Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 08:41 PM UTC
Very nice build. I guess it is the AA conversion but which donor kit is this ?
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Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 06:27 AM UTC

Cheers darren

thanks mate.
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Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 06:31 AM UTC

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Malcolm,

Very nice build but got me wondering about the name.
I always thought the vehicle was called ChARRV so where does the CRAAV come from?

Gr,
Marcel



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
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Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 06:34 AM UTC

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



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.


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Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 07:36 AM UTC

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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


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.
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Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 09:41 AM UTC
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
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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 04:09 AM UTC

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.

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Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 02:32 AM UTC
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
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