Morris Light Recce Mk-1

[BarleyBop]

I know, I keep going on about being on an Italian fling, but giving those figures a rest over the holidays.

Here is the photo record of another resin kit build in 2019, this time from Accurate Armour.



Though simple, (the body was in one nicely sculpted piece of resin), I had fun building it and learning some new skills.

The side hatches were both rendered in the closed position, though the top hatch was 'dug out' a bit... time for the Dremel, pin vice and some serious excavation!

After some research on the internets, I learned that there was a shelf in there for a radio set, so that became the plan.



You can see the scratch built door lying on Mr. Plywood.

I opted for the ever-endearing Mickey Mouse Camo, and accessorized away!

 

[BarleyBop]

radio completed and installed



On to more gear, armament and figures:



That pea shooter of a BOYS AT rifle was sadly lacking, but maybe better than nothing
check out the training reel: (Disney and Canadian National Film Board)





Now that I've learned about matte varnish, tempted to touch up a bit after a good dusting!

Cheers!

 

[Rob]

Is it me? Or are those two guys going to have a hard time fitting into that thing?

 

[BarleyBop]

Ha, at 1:35 I often find big discrepancies in figure scales. Let's just pretend these big lads can do it!

 

[Jakko]

I opted for the ever-endearing Mickey Mouse Camo

In the desert?

 

[BarleyBop]

I was happy to follow advice of
https://tank-afv.com/ww2/gb/Armoured_cars/Morris/Morris_Light_RC-Bovington.jpg
They apparently based their info on the Tank museum.
Tunisia was not the western desert, so if it was used there, the camo would have been more appropriate.
In any case, I really liked the look of Bovington's, and went with that!
Cheers!

 

[Jakko]

OK, odd. I would not have expected that type of camouflage there. In the illustration you linked to, it looks like sand with green camouflage, though (probably painted as sand over the green base colour), not black over SCC 2 like you seem to have it

 

[BarleyBop]

Yup, the illustration has green, Bovington has what seems to be black, so I used my modeler's prerogative!