I ordered this one today for my entry.
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Execito Brasileiro EE-19 Osorio. 6 Regimento da Cavalaria Blindado. 2 Brigada da Cavalaria Mecanizada. Alegrete, Brazil
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Engesa EE-20 Osorio. Grupo Blindado Nº 8 “Exploradores”, Brigada Acorazada Nº 3 “La Concepción”, No.1 Division, Ejército de Chile, Antofagasta. Chile. Chilean version with 120mm GIAT main gun, .50 cal. coaxial MG , loaders MG-3 7.62mm mg and T/C’s .50 cal.
“Pukara” is Quechuan (Incan language) for “fortress”.
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Too many in the paint shop right now… Plus two nearing the end of build…
@Petbat - that’s OK - we have time!
@Harv - those are mighty big tracks for such a tiny turret! Looking forward to the build.
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Polish PL-01 Light Tank. 24 Pulk Ulanów,10 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej, 11 Lubuska Dywizja Kawalerii Pancernej, Wojska Lądowe. (24th Ulan Regt., 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade, 11th Armored Division, Polish Land Forces.) Takom kit + Toro decals + Toro/Lifecolor paints.
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Very nice! Like your brazilian tanks too!!
Sluff those are very nice builds! I remember all the news hype when the PL-01 was first unveiled - it has such a sci-fi vibe about it.
Not sure if this qualifies or no. It IS a “what-if” from when I was on my South America kick. Leopard 2A6C “Pantera”.
With Colombia’s unstable neighbor to the east, they seemed likely to take advantage of the Dutch armor “fire sale” and up their tank capabilities. Extra stowage (and no ice cleats!) , air conditioning and a .50 cal M-2 for the loader. 2nd Mechanical Cavalry Squadron, 10th Armored Brigade, 1st Division, Ejército Nacional de Colombia. Buenavista, Quindio, Colombia. 2018.
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Lots of lovely plastic there, Randy!
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Thank you Tom. Looks like a nice kit. Looking forward to starting it. I have never used individual track links before…should prove to be interesting. 
Randy 
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Nice choice Randy.
You probably have already done some research, but a tip for first timers. Do not to try and make the whole run at once. Too many people try to do it at once and the links come apart a bit and twist with handling. Best results occur when you take your time.
Do the bottom run for a max length up to the middle of the sprocket and idler and let that set. Making the join there means you have support from the sprocket and idler when you attach the top run to the bottom.
Use a ruler or straight edge up against the guide horns to keep the run straight and when you have the right length, let it set up a bit, just enough to hold but allow you to curve the tracks up to the sprocket then idler. Tape the track to the sprocket and idler and check the edge of the track is still straight let it set overnight. Then you have a strong base to allow you to handle the top run to get the correct sag, etc.
Good luck
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At least the links themselves are nice and big! They should be robust enough to take any rough handling, compared to smaller ones where the plastic links are too delicate. I’ve used similar links on a King Tiger to good effect, pretty much as Pete describes. Tape and Blu-Tack are your friends with this!
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Great choice, David.
I can see this is the same as the Sci-Fi campaign entry. But notice you can only enter your model into one campaign, so one model = one medal. Just saying
On the bright side this means more excuses to build more models 
Didn’t know that. Thank you for pointing it out. Guess I’ll do Vespid Models Maus.
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Another excellent choice 
Happy to see the 279 in the “Sci-fi and What-if” campaign!
Yup- the 100 million dollar tank. So called because ENGEESA supposedly invested that much in the whole thing and went belly up as consequence. It got as far as trials in Saudi Arabia and, from memory it was looking like the winner- but then Saddam kicked off for the first time… and KSA finally went with Abrams as a proven platform.