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BEF Matador
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Posted: Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 11:30 PM UTC
At Scale Model World in Telford, AFV Club showed off another great offering for British AFV fans with an Early Matador.

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Posted: Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 03:46 AM UTC
Great new. Only thing we need now is the 5.5 inch.
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Posted: Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 10:13 AM UTC
I wish manufacturers like AFV club would ditch the vinyl tyres but still great news and something many modellers have been wanting for years.
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Posted: Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 11:22 AM UTC
Hallelujah! Now something to tow my Resicast howitzer.
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Posted: Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 11:59 AM UTC
Super...!
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Posted: Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 12:01 PM UTC

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Great new. Only thing we need now is the 5.5 inch.


If it's a BEF Matador, it's more likely to be hauling the earlier 4.5" gun - the 5.5" didn't enter service until the El Alamein battles of 1942.
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Posted: Sunday, November 17, 2013 - 12:43 PM UTC
great news but it's kinda weird. The box shows a vehicle without an air sentry hatch but the only cab roof I can see on the sprues DOES have the hatch......
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Posted: Monday, November 18, 2013 - 12:19 AM UTC
The more complete sprue shots posted on Missing-Lynx showed both the early cab as seen on the box and the later cab seen on the sprues here.
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Posted: Monday, November 18, 2013 - 02:40 AM UTC
I assume this version would work in a 1942 time frame or not?
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Posted: Monday, November 18, 2013 - 03:05 AM UTC

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Quoted Text

Great new. Only thing we need now is the 5.5 inch.


If it's a BEF Matador, it's more likely to be hauling the earlier 4.5" gun - the 5.5" didn't enter service until the El Alamein battles of 1942.


Docs confirm that early types were also used to tow the 6 pounder QF gun...................
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Posted: Monday, November 18, 2013 - 11:41 AM UTC
My mistake, the Resicast kit is for the 6" 26 cwt howitzer which most definitely went to France in 1940. And this Matador would then be the perfect item.
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