20mm SADF Bush War

[Elbows]

I've got the same tactical vest for airsoft games 

Great painting  on this unit !

Hah, when I played airsoft (some 10 years back) my first vest was a beat up old SAAV.  I then bought an aftermarket one from the UK which was quite poor (but I wanted some camo instead of the ruddy brown and black).  Brilliant layout really.  The SAAV is an excellent workhorse of a combat rig.

[sundayhero]

@Ash :

Beware of ball bearings, they often ruin the vallejo/princeaugust/ak bottles tips, and cause clogging (I was using airsoft BB). Now I don't use anything, the paint shaker is powerfull enough

You're right, the hardest part of the job is to modify the clamp. I doubled the security using a metal serflex.


@Elbows : I'm also using a woodland camo south african tactical vest ! Great all around airsoft gear. You can put a camelback inside or a spring shotgun, you have room for cellphone, food and car keys, and enough room for spare mags and bb's. You can also put your backup gun (even big desert eagles or g18c) on front pocket (like I did).  It's very convinient for this sport/hobby.

Here's a pic a couple of years old. Now I'm wearing a 1st irak war desert pant, and on top using a mix of woodland and OD, it's the camo what is working the best in my local aera in my humble opinion. I'm often using the Steyr AUG rifle with a tactical magnified scope, again a really good fit for south west french forests, and a electric glock 18c, wich is a great and safe backup, no matter the distance and outdoor weather (I have about a dozen of rifle replicas, and half a dozen handgun replicas).

[Ash]

@sundayhero: Very nice, the price for the original SADF ones has skyrocketed over the last few years.

Update:


The ball bearing do sound like they are flying around inside, they were the Mk1 aid to paint shaking (before the jigsaw attachment). Pretty much every pot I have has one in there...

[sundayhero]

this is serious conversion work !

[juergen c. olk]

Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Ash]

little bit more done:

[sundayhero]

Cool !

Are the lights protectors made from copper wire, or brass ? They look great (better than the ones I made for my shermans)

[Ash]

It's just some brass wire, might redo them as have now found a picture that shows them a different shape!
Also will need to trim down the smoke dischargers a bit. Other than that to only build left is the wheels and tracks, which I'll add once I've chucked a bit of paint at it.

[von Lucky]

An impressive display of some little bit of scratchbuilding.

[Ash]

A hint of paint:

[sundayhero]

Uber cool as usual ! 

[Ash]

Cheers Sundayhero.

[sundayhero]

Hard to guess it's only 1/72! Weathering is really well done.

[von Lucky]

I agree - shit hot. Possible to get a group shot and your action/game photos?

[Ash]

Thanks for the comments guys.
@ Von Lucky: I've got a couple of other bits coming from S&S, once I get those done i'll post a group shot.

Painted this at the same time as the Olifant. An eBay find made out of resin (tracks, wheels, main body all one piece), scale is pretty much the same as previous 1/72 kits.
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