I'd also heard from people on here about the difficulties in bending the AFV Club exhaust cover and luckily there is one in the Eduard etch set. Hopefully that will be easier and I plan on using a pen/pencil to roll over the cover like a thin rolling pin. This will hopefully bend it to the required shape (or close to it) Then use CA glue to hold it in that shape when fitted. Again I saw someone use a pencil to roll a long etch piece into a circular shape on here.

Hi Max,

Very nice build you got going there. Been working on one on and off for the past six months myself. Currently a HAWK launcher have put it on hold but your pictures makes me want to get back to the Scimitar.
One thing regarding the Eduard etch thought. When I was done bending and soldering the turret side stowage boxes I realized that they are quite a bit shorter than the kit parts. After doing some estimates looking at references I went with AFV Club's offerings.

Looking forward to see this with some paint on (and any photos you'd like to share of the real deal).

Cheers,
/E

I have never had a problem with the AFV Club exhaust screen. Just anneal it beforehand and curve it over a file handle. It is very easy.

Max - a very nice model by the way.

Michael Shackleton
Scorpion Miniature Models.

Very nice piece of work you have there! Can I ask what tracks you are going to use? Maybe you did say and I missed that part. I found on all of my afv scorpion kits, the kit tracks we're very short and too tight to be used. I then bought a set of accurate armour tracks, let's just say they were less than accurate. The builds have been on my shelf queen rack till I can try a set of fruil tracks
Just curious as to what your plans are for the tracks themselves.
Excellent work and love the pictures of your unit also.
Cheers from the American side of the pond!
Regards Ed

HI Jason,

Yes I remember. My tour was from June til the beginning of December '94. We started in Tomislavgrad then moved to Gornji Vakuf and finally ended up in Maglaj spending roughly two months in each location. We took over from C Sqn LD in Maglaj so possibly you were with them. Although we did have some Canadian TUA/ITV's with us for a short time and I went to Visoko to fire on ranges there with a troop or so of Cougars. The photo below was taken there. Back of my Troop Sergeants head while he boresights can just be seen at the bottom of the picture. I'll have to dig some other pics out and get them scanned.