Proportions seem a little off on the front which'll be sorted out soon enough.

looks good for a beginning model

Ja not a bad box out

Hahaha luckily not a lot of round surfaces

Yup the round surfaces are what makes things a biatch to model! Ratel has none of that.

hehe

Hey guys, been a bit busy purchasing the new parts of my new computer (that I will soon build once I receive all my parts) so I haven't had much time to work on the Ratel so I did a bit tonight! I'd like to go further but I've got to end it short here as I have to be up early.

FYI: The metal grid around the light at the top was for the preproduction Ratel. A couple, 20 I think, was delivered like that to the army for testing and evaluation. First production batch had it removed and moved lower down.

Some nice info here.
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/South_Africa/ratel/

Great catch man! Ja I noticed the difference in headlight positions and guards for them.

The one in the museum is a Mk I preproduction I think

Took these photos of it back in 2015.

This one has both lights at the top and bottom from what it looks like.

Triangular guard on the top

This one with no lights on the top only at the bottom.

ZT3 with lights on the top and bottom?

Ja. Seems to be a standard thing in the SA army. Mk-1 = preproduction and Mk-2 = production onwards. That is a deduction not a fact.

Looks like a MK I here with the preproduction guard as you mentioned.

This one has an oddly shaped top light guard.

Another Mk I?

Another triangular guard one.

I'd like to match the different versions as best as I can so depending on the map and the Op it is set in the vehicles would match that year and thus model

That hump thing on top I think is close formation lights? Driving at night without lights?

Cool. The Mk-1 were evaluated in the actual war, so...

True well the idea is to include both the Mk I and the other variants albeit how accurate I'll get them is something I've yet to determine due to lack of information on the differences between all the Mks but I'll give it my best shot.

Cheers for the information @PetraCephas always great to learn more from you 😉

Another day, another bunch of renders!

Some decent progress on the Ratel today.