The FV603 Saracen is a six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier built by Alvis and used by the British Army.
After a visit to The Tank Museum I posted a photograph of the Alvis Saracen. I wrote: As part of the Second English Civil War, you can imagine the use of the FV603 Saracen to patrol urban areas and to suppress armed resistance. A few decades back I wrote an article about a modern era English Civil War that was published in Issue #43 of Wargames Illustrated in April 1991. So when I saw Battlefront were releasing a 15mm FV603 Saracen for Team Yankee, I thought it was time to reboot my Second English Civil War and start painting some models for it.
This is a new release from Battlefront. I ordered the FV603 Alvis Saracen and the Saladin Armoured Car.
This is their painted version of the model.
You get two models in the blister pack.
The hulls are resin, and the wheels, and main weapon are metal.
You have the choice of adding a gunner or having the hatch in the turret in the closed position. I went with the closed position. These models go together really easily. It is a simple matter of gluing the wheels to the hull and then adding the hatch and the weapon.
I the gave the models a white undercoat.
The next stage was to paint them, using Army Painter Army Green Spray.
The next stage will be painting the wheels.