Sunday, April 28, 2013

AFV Modeller Issue 70

The AA MG is the Chinese copy of the Dushka, a type 54, without cooling fins along the barrel. A command variant was also employed featuring stowage tube on turret roof for extending antenna, 2 large stowage boxes attached to the rear plate to cany communication equipment, cables, and generator. I decided to depict a type commonly used in the Gulf War, lacking the smoke launcher tubes and boom shields, this particular vehicle is one of the many that found their way back to collections within the UK. Some examples have many fixtures and fittings missing; others have some parts missing but still retain many features, such as lights, AA MG cradle, rubber skirt sections and tracks etc.Many sharp blades have passed since I first started this project, over 10 years ago. Unknown to me at the time was the fact that another modeller Charlie Pritchett had also began the building of a Type 69.

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