Three new photo's of the AS 90 I am building, Im starting to get a bit happier with the build now, I got a bit fed up with it what with having parts missing and the poor fit.


Thanks for looking


Kev

Kevin, looks a nice clean build..............and it looks massive! What scale is it? I'm not familiar with the kit?

Vinnie

Hi Vinnie,

It's 1/35th scale, made by Hobbycraft (its a Trumpeter re box really), the barrel is 7.5 inches long !!!. Im liking the colour as well, Humbrol 63 Sand. Will see how it looks when its complete.


Laters

Kev

A big one!
Happy weathering!

Looks pretty good.

Just a note on the barrel length. If you are building it as a British gun, the longer, 52 caliber, barrel is incorrect. The British Army uses the standard 39 caliber barrel, which is still too long on the kit. The longer-barreled, 52 caliber "Braveheart" is an export only version and I don't believe anyone has bought it. Here is a great build review from PMMS that talks about the barrel length as well.


Good luck.

Hi,


http://www.army-technology.com/projects/as90/


Check out this website above it says that 96 British Army AS 90's are being upgraded to braveheart standard by BAE and various other manufacturers, hence why I have added the 52 caliber gun !!


Kev

Also says that the upgrade program was halted. Lats I heard, it was not going to happen.




Furthermore, the kit barrel is still too long for the 52 caliber version as well.