Another Dorchester!

 Regular readers will note that I already have a Dorchester ACV. I ended up with two as I got impatient waiting for the Battlefield 3D one to arrive, so I ordered one from another printer. After several weeks the Battlefield 3D stuff did arrive, and what lovely kit it is, I can see why the company is so busy.

The model is much more finely detailed than the 3D Printing Valley one, you can possibly see the individual roof rails in the photo. This model is one piece apart from the wheels. I've got a horrible feeling I've stuck them on the wrong way around (there are two types of hubcaps) but too late for that now.

The print is hollow, which makes the model lighter, and keeps the cost down. This model was 25% cheaper than my other one and much better value as it also came with lots of printed stowage, including racks of Jerry Cans, tarps and the rather nice spare wheel on the front. I put some stowage on and added the rest to the spares box. 

Unlike my other one, it doesn't have the coiled cable printed on the rear Hull, but still has the tool rack. 

I painted it in exactly the same Caunter scheme as the other one, blue/grey and mid green over sand. It looks good and I have the template for it. 

So what became of the other one? Well, it just had to become Rommels Mammut command vehicle. The hull front had a nice flat surface for a big black cross! The dimensions of both are almost identical, but you can see the right hand (3D Printing Valley) one is slightly clunker. It does however have the tow cable on the rear, just like the Mammut conversion Bruce Quarry did in the Airfix Afrika Korps book. 

Both of these saw action the Operation Crusader game I ran a few months ago.