Yaks airfix scorpion light tank in 1/76

[Steve Jones]

It has to be the Arctic camo Tony. That would look impressive. Great shots Mr T:thumb2:

[yak face]

It has to be the Arctic camo Tony. That would look impressive. Great shots Mr T:thumb2:

Yes defo steve , its going to be a brush painted job and all under the magnifier though!!!

[Steve Jones]

Top man!! Look forward to seeing how it comes out:thumb2:

[yak face]

After deciding on the arctic camo ive got all the pieces sprayed matt black . Im going to do the white bits by hand with a brush ( surprise) . There are a few little extra bits i want to add like headlights , front and rear indicators /sidelights and periscopes and aerials etc. I know its not really representative of a production scorpion and i havent got any decals so its going to be a bit of artistic licence on my part , i dont pretend to know the first thing about armour so i can happily plead ignorance ! Heres the pics of the bits and the turret with the first go at the camo . Id like some feedback from them wot knows best as to whether i should give the white another coat or leave it as a whitewash look ? Cheers tony[ATTACH]326044[/ATTACH][ATTACH]326045[/ATTACH][ATTACH]326046[/ATTACH][ATTACH]326047[/ATTACH]

[papa 695]

Looking good Tony

[Mickc1440]

Great work so far Tony

[Guest]

You are supposed to be able to build a scimitar too ( by changing the mantlet and gun barrel only ) but i think the one depicted is a prototype and bears little resemblance to any production machine ive seen

Scimitar and Scorpion pretty much differ only in the gun and mantlet, externally anyway. The later ones are usually seen with large stowage boxes on the sides of the turret, but there are photos of non-trials vehicles without them. I’m looking through Tanks Illustrated No. 22: Scorpion — The CVR(T) Range by Simon Dunstan (London: Arms & Armour Press, 1986; ISBN 0-85368-747-1) and in 13 pages of Scimitar pictures, none has the turret-side stowage boxes. In fact, the only photo in the whole book that shows them is on the front cover (funnily enough, a book titled Scorpion has a Scimitar on the front ).

[Guest]

Nice work Tony!!

[spanner570]

Excellent work mucker!

Ahl se thee....

[BBdave]

Looking good the camo is looking cool

[scottie3158]

Scimitar and Scorpion pretty much differ only in the gun and mantlet, externally anyway. The later ones are usually seen with large stowage boxes on the sides of the turret, but there are photos of non-trials vehicles without them. I’m looking through Tanks Illustrated No. 22: Scorpion — The CVR(T) Range by Simon Dunstan (London: Arms & Armour Press, 1986; ISBN 0-85368-747-1) and in 13 pages of Scimitar pictures, none has the turret-side stowage boxes. In fact, the only photo in the whole book that shows them is on the front cover (funnily enough, a book titled Scorpion has a Scimitar on the front :smiling3.

Chieftan side bins were often fitted to scimitars and scorpions for extra storage.

[Guest]

The long Chieftain hull bins? Those went along the hull sides of CVR(T)s as well, not usually on the turret, to the best of my knowledge

[SimonT]

Tony,

reference photos uploaded for you:

Scorpion

[yak face]

After consultation with my personal scorpion guru (papa695) ive decided to do the headlights underneath the front apron (?) i also want to depict the sidelights and indicators and to this end ill be using my trusty poundshop nail art stuff ! The little caviar balls will do perfectly for the side/ tail lights and indicators and the jewels will make nice sparkly headlights! Im also going to use sone holographic confetti on the viewing ports to give a nice glass effect . [ATTACH]326746[/ATTACH]

[spanner570]

Jeez mucker, just what is Helen going to do without her nail stuff - presuming it is hers....... !