The Morris CS9/Light Armoured Car was a British armoured car used by the British Army in the World War II. The vehicle was based on a Morris Commercial C9 4×2 15-cwt truck chassis. On this chassis a rivetted hull was mounted with an open-topped two-man turret. The armament consisted of either Boys anti-tank rifle and Bren light machine gun or Vickers machine gun. The vehicle carried a No. 19 radio set.
The prototype was tested in 1936. A further 99 cars were ordered and were delivered in 1938. Thirty-eight of these cars were used by the 12th Royal Lancers in the Battle of France, where all of them were destroyed or abandoned. Another 30 served with the 11th Hussars in the North African Campaign. It was found that when fitted with desert tyres the vehicle had good performance on soft sand. However, its armour and armament were insufficient. The vehicle was retired halfway through the North African Campaign.
This is the finished version of the Bolt Action model, as seen on the Warlord Games website.
The pack contains a resin and metal kit. The hull and turret are resin, the wheels, guns and axels are whitemetal.
Having glued the axels and wheels to the main hull, I glued the weapons to the turret. I also managed to stick the headlamps into place, this was much harder than it looks and it took a couple of attempts.
I gave the underneath of the model a black undercoat followed by a white undercoat.
The next stage will be the base coat. I will be trying to replicate this paint scheme which shows a camouflage disruptive pattern.
See the full workbench feature on the Bolt Action Morris CS9 Armoured Car.
I also have a Flames of War blister of a 15mm Morris CS9 as well.
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