Warrior MCV

Manufacturer: Revell AG.(Kit #03128)

Revell continues withtheir superb series of modern infantry fighting vehicles withBritain's primary armored scout vehicle, the Warrior. Althoughthis kit represents the base version of this ubiquitous AFV, itlends itself to many conversions, and already resin manufacturersare working on add-on sets for this kit.

Sprue 1 contains the mainhull and turret parts. As always, the molding is exquisite, withno flash, sinkmarks, or other imperfections on my kit. Somepioneer tools are molded separate, but some are in the hull. Somehatches are open (turret), but some are closed (hull). The maingun looks fantastic, as does most of the smaller details, exceptfor the smoke grenade launchers, which are fairly poor. Thesurface detail on the hull is exceptional.

Here are most of the otherhull details. The turret storage bin is necessarily molded inplastic with a mesh pattern molded onto the plastic surface. Thisis one item that will definitely benefit from the forthcomingetched brass detail sets for this vehicle. Once again,construction of the wheel and track assemblies will be easy, dueto the multi-part hull design.

As always, the wheels andtracks are very well done.

Markings are provided fortwo vehicles. Again, Revell demonstrates their mastery with thiskit. But in order to make it perfect, they need to open all thehatches, and provide some figures. But perhaps this is their wayof keeping the resin companies in business :)