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Boer War APC: 1/35 scale 1900 Fowler B5 Armoured Road Locomotive

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    April 2004
Boer War APC: 1/35 scale 1900 Fowler B5 Armoured Road Locomotive
Posted by Richard Bartrop on Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:23 PM

Pick up any book on the history of armoured fighting vehicles, and chances are, this is what you'll find at the beginning.  The British used steam tractors during the Boer War, and four of them were fitted with armour plate.  Inormally build car models with the occaissional plane and science fiction model.   This is the second armour model in my life that I've started (the other one is a WWI Rolls armoured car), and this looks like it will be the first one that will be finished.  It was an easy build, basically a box with wheels, and an unusual subject, so I couldn't resist.

 

 

  • Member since
    December 2006
  • From: Scottsdale AZ
Posted by spaltro3 on Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:13 PM

looks very sharp. job well done. i'll have to google that one, never seen it before!

i've got a selection of armored cars from major models ( russia ) that i hope to build. these are ww1 and russian civil war vehicles. there's also a beautiful panzerkraftwagen from commander's series, now OOP but can be found occasionally online. a huge vehicle but worth the ducats. 

 

  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Ft. Sill, OK
Posted by beav on Saturday, January 5, 2008 12:38 AM
wow!  That is amazing, I've seen this in a book I own, but wow.  Can you get us some more pics plz?  Also, are you going to build any of the trailers for it?  Apparently there was a specialized trailer that held field guns!

"First to Fire!"

Steven

  • Member since
    April 2004
Posted by Richard Bartrop on Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:42 PM

Finally got around to painting it.

 

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