Something from days gone by...
Rummaging through one of my many spares boxes, I came across this fellow. In the days before my AH AFV obsession, long, long ago in a pre-kids existence (35 years ago to be exact), I dabbled in all things to do with 1/35 scale armoured vehicles; jumping from one model kit to another like a leaping gazelle with no particular focus or vision as to a theme to build towards or any particular end state. However, I had decided where I was going to start - an armoured knight on horseback.
Brave Sir Boris started life on a simple, open field diorama but, I guess, at some point during one of my many moves, courtesy of the RAF, he parted company with his base and hence spent 25 years or so being battered from pillar to post in my spares/must-get-round-to-fixing-it box. Whilst looking for figures for Petikes's Romfell Armoured Car V2.0 who should fall into my lap - well actually it was his trusty steed, Buttercup, followed eventually by all the other component bits of Boris himself. This got me to thinking that perhaps Sir Boris's excile was up for review and that payroll was probably due.
Given the dynamic duo's troubled past, I thought it fitting to keep his slightly battered patina (so no new paint) but did give them a fresh coat of varnish and looked out a suitable wooden base to show them off. So, here they are back on display as an early AH AFV. ‘How so‘, I hear you say - well, Sir Boris is now wearing Kevlar underpants!
Rummaging through one of my many spares boxes, I came across this fellow. In the days before my AH AFV obsession, long, long ago in a pre-kids existence (35 years ago to be exact), I dabbled in all things to do with 1/35 scale armoured vehicles; jumping from one model kit to another like a leaping gazelle with no particular focus or vision as to a theme to build towards or any particular end state. However, I had decided where I was going to start - an armoured knight on horseback.
Brave Sir Boris started life on a simple, open field diorama but, I guess, at some point during one of my many moves, courtesy of the RAF, he parted company with his base and hence spent 25 years or so being battered from pillar to post in my spares/must-get-round-to-fixing-it box. Whilst looking for figures for Petikes's Romfell Armoured Car V2.0 who should fall into my lap - well actually it was his trusty steed, Buttercup, followed eventually by all the other component bits of Boris himself. This got me to thinking that perhaps Sir Boris's excile was up for review and that payroll was probably due.
Given the dynamic duo's troubled past, I thought it fitting to keep his slightly battered patina (so no new paint) but did give them a fresh coat of varnish and looked out a suitable wooden base to show them off. So, here they are back on display as an early AH AFV. ‘How so‘, I hear you say - well, Sir Boris is now wearing Kevlar underpants!
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