S&S's Stalwart is a very welcome addition to their range and a model which is otherwise difficult to come by. The Model out of the box represents an early version with the trim vein still in use. In the latter part of the vehicles service the requirement to swim was dropped and the trim veins removed. The Model comes as a single casting for the hull and six metal wheels which fit into resesses in the hull ensuring simple assembly. The quality of the casting was excellent requiring no clean up or filling.
I used mine to provide an ammunition supply truck for my artillery battery and a platform for the Unit Based Refuelling Equipment (UBRE) for the Battle Group supply echelon. I scratch built the UBRE from card stock but if you don't fancy that challenge BW models also produce one.
In addition to the UBRE, green suff hessian rolls were added and the commanders search light, which came out of the spares box, Decals came from the TS Modelblau's British set and from a set of hazard markers available from the Hobby den
The second vehicle I built as a more general supply wagon, and am using it as the resupply vehicle for an artillery battery. It has a tarpaulin made out of Masking tape coated with Mr Surfacer, the rolled back edge being produced out of green stuff.
An excellent Wargames model with a wide variety of possibilities. Shaun also produces a version for the Artillery ammunition carrier with Mechanical Handling Equipment (MHE) or a crane.
The vehicles are painted up in my standard British Camouflage scheme and marked using the Hobby Den and TL Modelblau decal sets.
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