NordicCon 2013 Part 2: Armored Fighting Vehicles
My Favorite AFV in the Show: ChTZ S65 Soviet Tractor
Armor and associated types like artillery, soft-skinned vehicles are always another large and popular category in scale model shows. I do not envy the judges who have to make definite decisions about placing one marvelous work over another. These are all very good in their own unique way.
Iraqi BTR50 with 32mm AA Mount
No show is complete without a Sherman M4
Very Cute Bobcat, smaller than a dime!
Post-War Civilian M5 Tractor
Paul Ooi’s Chi Ha in Malaya
German Marder III
DAK Half Track with Flak Gun
LRDG Chevrolet Truck – always a favorite
There were several Tiger I’s in the show this year. Here are some of the best:
Russian hardware are always interesting and range from WW2 to the current campaigns in Chechnya.
KV1 Heavy Tank
SU 85 Tank Destroyer
Russian BMP with Riders, Chechnya
Close-up of BMP
And as one would say, variety is the spice of life, even in the AFV section.
British Valentine Infantry Tank
Porsche’s Koenigstiger Prototype
German Experimental Super Tank “Maus”
US LVT(A) 5 from the Pacific War
US LVT(A) Alligator
US M101 105mm Howitzer
40mm Bofors
Gen. Patton’s WC57 Dodge Car
Some of the best in vignettes and dioramas.
French AMD White Laffly Armored Car
Marines with a Field Howitzer, watch out for the coconuts!
Close up on the howitzer
German Half-Track with Flakvierling
Paul Ooi’s 25 Pdr and Quad in Sicily
US Priest Gun Carriage
Close up on the Priest
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