Time for Me to jump in
And as for I did not competed at any GB or SIG this year, It's about time too.... lol
It also will be the only SIG (or GB) I will take part in this year.
I hope I will finish this build on time, for I'm preparing to move out this apartment and move into my new bought house in October.
So we will see where we will end up
I would love to enter this SIG with a 1:35 Staghound MKIII from Italeri.
It's going to be a OBB without any extras. And by that I mean without a big PE upgrade as most of you are used of me doing that, BUT! There is already a small PE fret in the box along with a shiny aluminium barrel.... And I will add some home made thingies, perhaps a stowage set and maybe a scratch build base too.
So this the kit we are talking about:
Not a lot of sprue's in sight here...
Sprue shots
And some reading in the manual tells us that this Staghound was used as a armored reconnaissance vehicle, so I think I'm safe here...lol
But just to be sure, some WIKI and more stuff I found on the Web.
Staghound Mk III:
Had a turret taken from an Ordnance QF 6 pounder gun armed Crusader tank and 7.92 mm Besa machine gun. Most of these were then re-fitted with the Ordnance QF 75 mm gun.
There was no bow machine gun. These had reached the front line by 1945, where it was supplied to heavy troops of armored car regiments.
The total number ordered was around 100-300. After WWII, this version saw usage with Denmark and combat in Lebanon.
Operational service
The Staghound entered service too late for use in the North African Campaign where its combination of armor, range and main armament would have been an advantage in a light forces reconnaissance role. As a result, it first saw operational service in Italy, where many units found its large physical size too restrictive in the narrow roads, and streets of Europe. It saw most service at squadron and regimental headquarter level an armoured car regiment having three Staghounds with the Regimental HQ and three with each HQ of the four squadrons in the regiment. Conditions for the Staghound improved when the Italian campaign became more mobile in the middle of 1944, and the Staghound was also used in north-west Europe campaign.
After the war, the Staghounds were distributed among smaller NATO countries in Europe and to the Middle East
Some Specifications:
T17E1 Armored Car Staghound Mk I/III
Type Armored car
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service 1944- 1980s
Used by British, Free Polish, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian, and Belgian
Wars World War II
Production history
Designer Chevrolet
Produced 1942-43
Number built 4,000
Specifications (Staghound Mark I)
Weight 14 t
Length 5.49 m
Width 2.69 m
Height 2.36 m
Crew 5 Mk I - 4 Mk III
Armor 9 to 44 mm
Main
armament
37 mm M6 Mk I - 75mm Ordnance QF - Mk III
Secondary
armament
2 or 3 x .30 (7.62 mm) machine guns
Engine 2 x GMC 270
2 x 97 hp (72 kW)
Power/weight 13.9 hp/tonne
Suspension wheels, 4 x 4
Operational
range
724 km
Speed 89 km/h
And A walkaround (not the MKIII)
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That's it for now, and I hope I can show you this build soon!
Good luck and happy modelling to all of you
