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Hobbyboss Olifant Mk2
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Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Friday, May 11, 2018 - 05:10 PM UTC
Oh boy, cannot wait for this !!!














TankManNick
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Joined: February 01, 2010
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Posted: Friday, May 11, 2018 - 08:17 PM UTC
Wow! There's a Centurion somewhere under all that? Talk about upgraded beyond recognition. I've been staring convinced you uploaded the wrong pictures!
falco
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Joined: April 12, 2003
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Posted: Friday, May 11, 2018 - 08:27 PM UTC
lovely jubbly!,will go well with the rhino & rooikat!
Cantstopbuyingkits
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Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 02:08 AM UTC
Why do the wheels looks to have already been painted?
Das_Abteilung
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Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 04:04 AM UTC
Wheels from an existing kit. If I remember my stash correctly, the Nagmashot plastic is that colour.

Yes, it is a Cent underneath. New engine, completely new turret, gun and systems. AFAIK the last surviving Cent gun tank anywhere.

I thought we'd already been promised an Olifant 1B, which retained the Cent turret.

Is that a BT-2 I see next to it on the display? Useful - and doubtless better than the various Eastern European offerings/re-boxings. Scope for a US Combat Car version?
Cantstopbuyingkits
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Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 04:13 AM UTC
The suspension was actually changed onwards from the MK1B, though I am not sure if the Horstmann system wheels were replaced. You are right that the 1B was displayed in their catalogue instead of this.
18Bravo
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Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 04:29 AM UTC
Still an original Cent turret underlying the modular armor. I'll have to add one to the Cent family.It looks as if we're left to do the texturing ourselves.
armouredcharmer
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Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018 - 07:03 PM UTC
Thank You HobbyBoss, I have always been a big Centurion fan so having this in the stash is a joy to behold. With any luck we`ll see a mark 1 follow on soon.
19sam68
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Joined: December 29, 2014
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Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 - 12:39 AM UTC
Well that's just great, another one on must buy list for 2018!



Thx,

Sam.
jwest21
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Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 - 03:08 AM UTC

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Thank You HobbyBoss, I have always been a big Centurion fan so having this in the stash is a joy to behold. With any luck we`ll see a mark 1 follow on soon.

Well, I am almost finished with the Cromwell resin conversion so it might be sooner than you think.
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