Hoping someone may be able to help with a question regarding this APC.
I very much like the BAOR period for my British armour and have been waiting forever for this vehicle.
I see that the new Takom kit is Mk 2/1. Wiki tells me the differences seem to be engine and where NBC pack is, seems to be the big thing on the side?
This kit seems to represent gulf war vehicle, is this correct?
What I'm hating, just from a visual point of view, is that huge stowage bin (?) on top.

My preference is the classic clean top, no turret, just pintle mg, a la the Accurate Armour kit.
Questions therefore are
Does the Mk 2/1 represent a BAOR vehicle in 80's ?
Can I just leave off that stowage?
Does the variant I'm thinking of, assume Mk 1, also represent a gulf war variant, ie could I paint a clean skin in sand or BAOR green and black?
Do need to be a bit more patient and hope for the exact version I'm thinking of.
Will also be hoping for fox turreted version and in an ideal world mortar carrier

Thanks for any guidance
Scott

Lots of questions
First one the mk2/1 is the diesel version of the 432 and a slim NBC pack to the right side. the mk2 is the same sticking out filter pack as the petrol mk1.
The vehicle is from 1980s
The top basket,
Boxes over the top of the rear door small ones and the long box over the exhaust running down the side were not issued till just before the invasion of Iraq.
No mk 1s went to the gulf that I'm aware of.
Be patient they are on there way.
You could ask accurate armour for the interior of the mortar one to fit it out.

this company has two books that well help
https://www.tankograd.com/cms/website.php?id=/en/FV432.htm

Hi Scott,
The oblong hull box and the little ones on the back only appear on vehicles that have been upgraded relatively recently.
BAOR vehicles in the '80's would have had a mish mash of bin's acquired by the crew's,Chieftain bin's where much sought after and top baskets where made by the fitter's in the unit workshop's,so any shape and size is possible.

hope that helps,
Jacko

Thanks all, tankograd book looks like a gem.
Came across interesting website with all original manuals
http://www.fv432.co.uk/.

We had a mix of versions in our Sqn so MK 2/1's and 2/2's we about an equal mix, I joint my first Armoured brigade in 1989. I spent a total of 9 years working on Armour.

From memory only the NBC pack was different but used the same filters and both versions used the same power pack.
All of our 436's had cages fitted to the rear of the roof, we had two 432 Radio Rebroadcast wagons in the troop and they had cages fitted, during that period of my time in BAOR most if not all the 432's that I saw had large or small cages fitted and the Takom kit looks typical of a Royal Engineers detachment of the 1990's period.

HTH

Dan

Thanks all, have ordered it so if not exactly right, I,m sure they'll do another.

It is listed as on pre order via Hobbylink Japan.

Keith