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...but how easily will the AFV Club Centurion convert to an Olifant Mk1A?.....
Rudi, although AFV Club’s Centurion is an excellent model and way ahead of Tamiya’s old kit, unfortunately for the Olifant it is little closer than Tamiya’s was.
Converting AFV Club’s Centurion to an Olifant Mk.1A.Engine deck et al.
Change engine deck, plus add the rubber runners.
Add barrel/travel lock.
Remove the exhausts and add the air cleaners/filters and rear most bins.
Correct the rear of the tank and add the infantry box.
Turret
New barrel, unless you are building a training tank (training vehicles used the 84mm gun as well as the GT3/L7).
Antennae base/bases (Bev vehicles usually have 3) are in wrong places, plus add the “bush bar” protectors for the bases (solid semi-circle for older vehicles).
Fill in the hole for the ranging 0.50 cal
Change the gunner’s sight.
Remove the detail on the inside of the Commander’s cupola hatch.
Build correct bustle rack.
Lose the light, but you have to add a fixture for the Xenon light to the mantlet, IIRC just above the barrel.
Correct the smoke launches (they are in the correct position and the cable to them is correct).
Add cleaning rods to turret top.
Add non-slip material to the hull, turret and bins.
Above is just a quick list off the top of my head and does not include the correcting and adding of fuel caps, driving and tail lights, plus forward and rear convoy lights as well as the bush guards for the lights, external fire extinguisher panel/box, placement of spare tracks, plus more than a few other items I’ve overlooked.
