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Division Légère in 15mm - by Jim Clark
Building the vehicles
Okay where do I start?
Panthère Medium Tank
This was the easiest so I started with that. All I did was cut off the front of the barrel on the British
(ONESS) Apollo Class MBT with my trusty razor saw, leaving the large part of the barrel in place.
I then cut the barrel off the turret on the German (ONESS) Thor MBT, keeping the base for other
vehicles. I now drilled out the base of the barrel on the turret, trying to make it as central as
possible. I think I started with a 1mm, then a 2mm to get the hole size I needed.
The other barrel was then glued into the hole. This however meant that the new turret was front heavy, I overcame this by drilling a 1mm
hole in the middle of the models base, then drilled a similar hole in the turret and glued a pin into the turret, this prevented the turret from
tipping forward.
I then glued a GZG Missile Box to each turret for the ATGW box on the tank, which helped counteract the metal barrel to some extent,
but I left the pin in anyway. The final job was to glue the hatches and a small 20mm machine gun onto the turret, this came from my
spare box. I got the item from Sgt’s Mess who do a lot of stowage and stuff.
Gorille Jeeps and Babouin Remote Controlled ATGW Units
Okay the Babouin units were easy to build: they were the GZG MAWP units made straight out of the
box, so to speak. I was lucky with the Jeeps as I had purchased 2x 15mm Panther CLV's with the
intention of using them for something else.
So I took the base from the GZG Light Hover Truck, and tried them together for size. Okay I had to
cut a bit off the back to get a reasonable fit. Once these were glued together, then I drilled and fitted
a GZG Missile Turret to the top, and there it was a 15mm Gorilla Jeep. Next page.