With a quite rare free weekend ahead, I am looking forward to a bit of modeling release. To equip my 1940 BEF army I need to supply some anti aircraft guns and some light transport, what better way than to kill two birds with one stone and than to drag something out from the hoard. One of Airfixs rare early war releases suits the bill quite nicely, of course we are talking about the Bofors Gun and Tractor set. Released in 1977 it was one of Airfix's finest construction kits. Unlike some early and indeed some later kits this one is a little complicated (which isn't a bad thing once an a while).In my mind this kit has quite a few things going for it...
- Well moulded parts and I have yet to find any flash worth talking about in three decades worth of releases. Sink marks are few and they are not visible, especially on my pet hate area, the wheels!
- The Bofors and Truck both have crew! One of my other pet hates is manufacturers providing kits without crew or drivers. How hard is really to do this...
- The period and subject. Early war has never really been a big seller and Anti Aircraft weapons cannot be the most popular of subjects unless you count the German 88. The 40mm Bofors was everywhere and used by practically everybody on all sides during the war.
So on with the build!
Step one: Axles and chassis, pretty detailed and fiddly little items, cut carefully.
Step two: Chassis and bottom deck mating, Exhaust added, it was at this point I noticed one of the underneath storage lockers missing. This was a second hand buy so it happens. Already the detail of the kit is starting to become apparent.
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