The Suez Crisis of 1956 was one of the most controversial military actions ever entered into by Great Britain, and its effect would be to substantially change British Foreign policy. I wanted to replicate one of the iconic tanks from this conflict - a British Centurion as seen during the Suez Crisis. I began the project with AFV Club's 1:35 Mk.5 with Dozer kit, although I did not need the dozer blade. The colour scheme was taken from Bison Decals sheet 'Suez 1956, Part 1 - British Troops' and by studying the Bison sheet while watching an online video of the actual tank I was modelling, I determined that most of what I needed was already in the kit. The Suez Centurions had a canvas cover over their mantlet, which was not in the kit tank, but thankfully AFV Club make a suitable after-market item in rubber. For the lower hull I mostly followed the kit instructions, although some changes were needed on the glacis plate. The small alignment marks for not-needed dozer fitments were sanded off the glacis and then I added an extra set of spare tracks on the right hand side of the glacis, and put the standard shackle points on the nose.
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