AS2K8 Medium Surface to Air Missils System

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As the need for the UK Defence forces to have a viable Medium Range SAM system become more urgent, the project began to look at existing chassis to streamline the planned Palletised weapon system into service. The AS90 SP gun was chosen as the platform as it ticked most of the boxes required for a battlefield armoured SAM System.
This build was done on BTS so is already complete, just would like to share it here as well.

This is the Trumpeter AS90 kit, probably due for a bit of Meng or Takom rehit, so the purfect platform for this.


Let the hackage commence, to get the basic idea

Started out thinking of using the missiles off the Trumpy SA-6 Gainful, but then decided.. they look like SA-6 Gainful missiles.

So using things like this for inspiration

pretty much ended up looking at the canister container, quick reload option, hence the tuby things.



Thence we went from that, added the last bits, detail and then to the paint shop

[Hobbes]

Very nice!

[Dizzyfugu]

Excellent. Totally weird, but wonderfully built and painted. Mio mucho like it. 

[zenrat]

Cool.

[NARSES2]

That's really good 

[Old Wombat]

 

[Captain Canada]

Wow. That is really good ! Very believable for sure.

[PR19_Kit]

Never mind the excellent model, I love the word 'hackage'. 

[Martin H]

Never mind the excellent model, I love the word 'hackage'. 

I take it that said word will be appearing in the report of your next wing extension project. What ever that ends up being

[PR19_Kit]

Never mind the excellent model, I love the word 'hackage'. 

I take it that said word will be appearing in the report of your next wing extension project. What ever that ends up being

I'll work it into something, that's for sure. 

[sandiego89]

Really well done!  Great idea and execution.

I never got the white walled tires on those parade vehicles- "nice wheels comrade..."

[Old Wombat]

Really well done!  Great idea and execution.

I never got the white walled tires on those parade vehicles- "nice wheels comrade..."

It's a bit like military Full Dress uniforms; traditional & only worn for special occasions. Same with the pristine paint job.

[zenrat]

Not just whitewalls, but so pristine that they have unworn treads with the same sheen as a set of 1/25 tyres straight out of the box.
I think I may have to build some PDRV armour in parade order...