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Nice work on it.
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Wow. You mentioned that details would be hidden. Are there no access points to view the details?
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Though now hidden that interior is quite nice.
Hmm, looking at unit marking on front fender ... if memory of such things is correct, the box design graphic designates an airborne armored cavalry unit.
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Vermin_King, When the dome is removed, some of the internal elements are visible. Unfortunately, the engine compartment remains almost invisible.
southwestforests, As far as I understand, this is a combat unit of the 11th mechanized cavalry group that took part in the war in Vietnam. Thanks for your attention to the model.
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Looking great.
I thought you may be interested in these pics. While the vehicle looks similar, it is the South African version, the Eland, and is in fact very different having been totally re-engineered for African conditions. 56 were initially delivered were from France, but these were rejected by the Army as unsuitable. They were unworkable by the crews as South African soldiers are on average tall, and they had difficulty fitting into the existing layout. Additionally, there were dust proofing and mobility issues. The vehicles were redesigned locally and about 2/3rds ended up as local content. The major changes are a completely redesigned interior, a new custom fuel system, the use of a pressure plate clutch instead of the electric clutches used, a new cooled inline-4 cylinder petrol engine that provided better economy and higher speeds, larger fuel tanks and a locally designed and made gun - the Denel 90mm. About 1,700 were then manufactured in South Africa under licence for the Army, as well as further numbers for export. In its new form, the vehicle was capable of eliminating Cuban and FAPLA T-34-85 and T-54/55 tanks at close range - which they did. The Cubans withdrew from areas where these vehicles were present. Despite this there was still the disadvantage of the low road heigh and poor to non-existent mine proofing - the Eland were eventually replaced by the local Ratel (which in addition also carried a squad of infantry). Picture 1 - This shows one of the Eland parked by an admin building. Having built the model you will note the external differences - there are a few major ones (like the command cupola) but in general, the vehicle looks similar to yours. Pictures 2 and 3 show a training turret that is in current use. This is actually a complete Eland turret lifted out of a vehicle and mounted in a simple frame. At some stage, it will be replaced in the body which is being stored. If you have a look at it the turret inside you will see that it is all totally different - from the seating positions to the way the stowage is arranged. The breech of the gun and ejection catch is also different. The inside photo is taken with the gun pointing to the right.
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.... and Kevin mentioned in post#4 that they let him loose in one of these Elands things.
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They did Maurice, but not in South Africa!
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Kevin WS, to better see the differences between your 2 and 3 photos and the model, here are some photos of him.
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Lachezar - thank you for posting those pictures. Very interesting.
----------------------------- Here are some pics of Rhodesian Eland. The major difference is in the stowage - especially of the spare tire which was moved from the sides to the top. This was sensible and I do not know why other users did not do the same - it made getting in, and more importantly getting out, much easier! The turret guns were .50 caliber Brownings (usually converted from aircraft weapons). Vehicle in Picture 3 rolled - they were a bit unstable at speed. I included it as it shows the nice flat bottom - not great for mines!
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