Okay, my start pic.
I was going to do this Irish vehicle, a part of the UNIFIL mission, as Echelon do decals for it, but the rear end in the pic seems to be very different to the kit one. This vehicle seems to almost be a hybrid of the AML 90 and Eland with a flat rear and horizontal deck, as opposed to the recessed sloped rear normally seen on AML 90’s and depicted in the Takom kit. Obviously these vehicles were upgraded over time.and they have been part of UNIFIL for the 23 years the mission has been in operation… and I do not have any references for that to scratch build the rear.
So I am going to do a more generic version based on this pic:
Photos of these vehicles used by the Irish in Lebanon are rare, but this seems old enough to be a ‘pre-modification’ version. That is my story anyway, and I am sticking to it. I have some UN decals from a AFV Club Scimitar in the stash, which will do although they are a little different, so I can save some money and not get the Echelon ones.
Cest La vie.