This is the official campaign thread! Please discuss everything about this campaign here, post pics, ask questions and most important of all, have fun with the campaign!

Operational Overview
Join us for a celebration of African history.

This campaign stretches for almost 6 months, ending on May 25th 2006, Africa Day, and the 43rd anniversary of the formation of the OAU (Organization for African Unity).

As an Operation, the campaign requires participants to do some research into African subjects and events, thus bring exposure both to African military subjects, African history and the African way of life. The subjects of this campaign are any historical or factualy based event to have taken place on the African continent or the islands geographically linked to it.

Both military and civilian subjects are permissible - as long as it can be backed up by fact!

Military examples are numerous:
Figures... nothing here need be said...
Armour... how about an Angolan T-55? Or a South African Rooikat or Olifant? There are numerous examples...
Aircraft... as per armour, the former Soviet Bloc sold off tons of outdated equipment to struggling countries and rebel groups...
Ships... how about slave ships... they are even still around today...

Examples of civilian could be Queen Cleopatra, dromedari train or even a traditional South African mini-bus taxi complete with shotgun wielding co-driver jumping a red light or driving up the emergency lane to push in front of the rest of the traffic with the usual disregard for others.



The Rules and Regs
As mentioned above, all genres (and combinations thereof) bar Sci-Fi/Fantasy are permissable.
All scales are welcome.

All entries are to be accompanied by a small piece on the event or person it depicts factually supporting it. That way we also all get to learn a bit more about African history and possibly culture.

Regretably NO WW2 subjects will be permitted! All African history except 1939-1945 will be permitted, thus exposing African history other than WW2...

Should partipants be uncertain whether an event or model qualifies, the campaign leader should be contacted immediately.



The SiyaAfrika campaign gallery can found HERE

Happy Modelling!

Hey Tarok!

I'm still in! But man, I have so many ideas I just don't know what to deside. :-)

Hi Paul,

Good to have you in the thick of things with us.

I know what you mean.... my original entry has changed to a totally new genre - for me anyway. My model arrives this week... Can't wait...

Rudi

Still hunting ---Olifants ?--Rooikats?----Casspirs?---Ratels?--will get my big guns out
"A hunting we will go!!"------"W'ere's the wabbit??"
aye
BARV
(GOSMG)

Hi Steve,

What we hunting? Waaaaabbit?

I've got just the thing to join the hunt..... a Whippet!!! :-) :-) :-)



I'll be doing this as used in the Rand Revolt of 1922...

Cheers

Rudi

Howzit Robert,

Glad to have you aboard...




You can post in-progress shots here in this thread. Alternatively you can post progress shots in the relevant focus forum and post a link to that thread here. There are advantages to both...




LOL :-) it was either that pic or a wee dinky pic! :-)




Glad to have you aboard! I actually have no idea what I'll be entering... might be artillery, but these things change... :-)

This is my finished entry ( well finished a couple of weeks ago ) a Mig 17 in Nigerian markings.
This is what i learn't when undertaking this project.
Africa was a battleground for the MiG-17, beginning with the Nigerian Civil War in 1969. Various Arab nations passed on MiG-17s and other Soviet to the generally Islamic Nigerian government, which used them against the generally Christian breakaway region of Biafra. The Biafrans didn't have any jet fighters of their own, but they did have some AAA and shot at least one government MiG-17 so badly that it never flew again.
They also had the support of a Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Carl Gustav von Rosen, who led a small force of Swedish MFI-9B piston light utility aircraft on daring raids against government forces using unguided rocket armament. The MFI-9Bs destroyed at least one MiG-17F on the ground in their attacks, as well as other government aircraft. However, most of the MiG losses were due to accidents, government pilots being usually poorly trained. The government finally crushed the uprising in 1970.

Andy (++)
P.S I know i have posted this before in the aircraft forum but i could swear i also posted it in a Siya Afrika thread aswell, but i can't find it. I must be going senile in my old age :-)

Well . . .

I melted the legs off my Rhodesian Selous Scout figure (trying to strip paint - don't use orange hand cleaner).


Lucky, the fine members of Armorama have come to my rescue and a new set of legs in is the mail.


I should still be able to finsh my mini-dio in time.

Good luck to all members of this inovative campaign.
N E O

Andy:

Awesome Mig17! I've always liked those early Soviet jets And a very interesting piece of African history.

Neo:

I'm looking forward seeing to the Selous mini-dio... I've one or two of them, and they were seriously hardcore guys... makes the SAS look like schoolgirls :-) :-)

Rudi

Great Mig, Andy!!

I am also going to build an aircraft. I haven't made my final decision yet. It is either going to be a Saab 17 used by the Imperial Ethiopian Airforce (20% probability) in the early 50's.



Or it is going to be a Swedish Saab S 29 Tunnan used during the UN Operations in Kongo in the early 60's. (80% probability).



I only have to finish one or two more other projects, and I'll get right to it.

Cheers!

PolarBear, that Saab is awesomely great!!!!!
I would give it a 100% go!

Hi Polarbear,
I'm agreeing with Paul, that Saab looks fantastic, do that one.
Is it available in 1/48?
Andy (++)

Tarok,

Is the Airfix 54mm British Life Guard 1815 allowed for the campaign? I know the British were all over the planet at that time and te Dragoons participated in the Boer War later.
I just can't find any good site or info about the guards.

If not, no problem at all. It's just an idea I'm playing with.

Paul

Paul wrote;


And then Andy wrote;


Thanks for the encouragement, guys, but they are both Saabs!!! :-) :-) :-)

Anyhow, the J 29 and/or S 29 Saab is available in 1/72 from Heller, Airfix and IPMS Austria (resin). There is a nice detailing set from Pavla and som really nice decals from Benmik decals and Flying colors - Not for the Djungle camo, though... (some poor ones are, however, included in the hard to find Heller kit). Tunnan was recently released in 1/48 resin from Neomega. It is supposed to be very good.

The Saab 17 exists - to my knowledge - only in 1/72 from Marivox. I have already built another version of this aircraft:

It is a very nice kit with a great decal set, covering - amongst other things - the Ethiopian version.

So which one are you thinking of?

Cheers!!

:-) :-) :-) I did not notice that!

I was aiming at the Saab S 29 Tunnan

Rudi, my Mirage F-1AZ is almost finished. I used Airfix's F-1C and converted it to the AZ. I post some photos later.

:-) :-) OOPPS me neither, but the Saab S 29 Tunnan is the one.

Hi Paul




In order to enter this piece you would have to convert him to a member of the 1st or 2nd Life Guards circa 1899.

Remember the key point: "subjects of this campaign are any historical or factualy based event to have taken place on the African continent or the islands geographically linked to it."





Try here:
1st Life Guards
2nd Life Guards
Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

HTH

Rudi

Hi Rudi,

I made a 180 degree turn and finnally picked the subject I liked most.

The tank:
It's a Renault TSF (télégraphie sans fil), a signalling tank based on the FT17 develloped during WW1 by the French as alternative for postdoves.
The turret had to make room for a rectangular kazemat that give room to the signaller. Production began at 1917 with at least a total ammount of 188.

The Renault TSF tank I'm planning to build took part of the 1925 Spanish counterforce in Marokko against Abdel Karim (or Abd el-Krim) who leaded the 1921 uprising of Berbers against the Spanish rulers in North Africa. Abdel Karim knew to defeat the Spanish at Anoual after some bloody fights in Marokko. In 1924 he even forced the Spanish to redraw themself to the coastline.
In 1925 there was a combined French and Spanish counterforce against him and Abdel Karim had to surrender in 1926.

Thats finnaly it! Now I get my glue and get started :-)

Paul

OLIFANT 1A ARV -----up-dated and re-designed Centurion based recovery vehicle---not a lot of information to impart as all I have are ..5pics and 2 outline drawings...so there may be quite a few anomalies-------













Scratch-built---some build pics can be seen in my "gallery"----or
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/77030&page=1
aye
BARV
(GOSMG)

Barvs Hotlink

Hello folks,

My entry is the HMLS Union. This Whippet tank was sent to South Africa on a promotional tour, and ended up being used to suppress a communist & racially driven miners' revolt (known as The Rand Revolt) in 1922. This was the first and only time a tracked tank has being used within the borders of SA, against SA citizens, in anger.

This is the 1/35 Emhar Whippet, finished in Vallejo Model Air and Tamiya acrylics. My build log can be found HERE








This vehicle will be going into a Rand Revolt diorama later during the year.


Rudi

Hi Rudi!

It has become a very beautifull model! Great piece of work!
Are those the tracks from the kit? If so, they look very good! I also like the dirt-effect. What color did you used for the dirt?

Paul


EDIT:
Just read your build-log... forget my question about the dirt: MIG African Earth...
Still; respect for the tracks :-)

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the kind comments.

The tracks are the kit supplied tracks. They are a rubber/vinyl track. I basecoated them in a 1:1 mix of Tamiya Flat Black and NATO Brown. They were then given a light coat of Tamiya XF-10 Brown, and later dry-brushed with Vallejo Oily Steel. The dirt is MIG pigment African Earth applied dry.

Rudi

Rudi my build, as can be seen on the photos below, except for the very light weathering and dull cote is complete.

The main reason it’s still on the ‘build jig’ is as usual (my builds that is) with aircraft, the undercarriage was not compatible with the fall it took. The undercarriage is still bonding and the shine on the photos is as a result of the still wet Klear coat.

This was originally Airfix’s F1-CZ (Interceptor), that I altered a little to make the F-1AZ (ground attack). I scratch built a cockpit and an ejection seat, as Airfix’s were a little sparse.

The pitot has broken off so many times I replaced it with a piece of wire, now it just bends.