CV9030N & CV90105

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:50 pm

Hi all,

after many years nearly without contact to GHQ miniatures (ignoring a short intermezzo with the PLA Type 89 APC), I recently started to work on some CV9030 and CV90105.
I (and quite some others) have been asking GHQ to make the CV90 for a rather long time and after it came out I purchased all versions made by them. Great miniatures!

CV9030N & CV90105 with camo and washing applied.

In fact what we have are CV9030N, the Norwegian AIFV version of the CV90. To be more precisely it is a CV9030NF1 missing the rear-view camera. Compared to the standard CV90 hull the Norwegian CV9030N are already uparmoured but the miniature comes without the further armour-upgrade (very similar to that used on the availble Swedish Strf 9040C) which was fielded in Afghanistan (not from the beginning, during the earlier days the Norwegians did not use this armour-kit). I am happy about that, as I prefer the lines of the hull and turret without the mentioned armour-kit.

In my opinion GHQ made a good choice bringing the Norwegian CV9030N and the Swedish Strf 9040C, as both saw combat.

The CV90105 Light Tank which is also available is without any customer so far but looks nice as well.

I will have to see if my photo links are working and add some more pictures later.

EDIT: Could not get all of my photo links working. Do not know why. I will post this link to a photo album, which should be visible to all, instead. It is from my miniature page on FB.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 732&type=3

Kind regards,
Benjamin

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:59 pm

Ben,

Very nice models! It's good to see you back on the forum, don't stay away so long next time. Cheers.

Paul

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:07 pm

Thanks Paul!

This are the best painted GHQ miniatures I ever had in my inventory. I was surprised that I got a result which satisfied me within just a few (four) days. And it was my first try after a very long time, just one intermediate step needed to test some paint.
I will try to keep in touch with the forum.

The vehicles shown belong to my recent project to create an Armoured Infantry Company. Maybe I will add a platoon of Leopard 2 MBTs later.

At the moment only one picture is visible, I can't figure out why the other two from the same source do not work.

Cheers,
Benjamin

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:02 pm

Ben,
Welcome back to the family....
Nice camo, what color is you base color? Not sure what color I wish to use for my Norwegians. I have a company sitting on my desk ready to be painted.
I have recently produced and painted 10 CV9035 for the Dutch. -kitbash- they are painted in NATO 3-tone, Also have 15 CV9040 in same scheme which isn't correct. Swedes use 2 tone with greens, I think.
Thank you, in advance, for any ideas.
Chris

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:45 pm

Hi all.

I am delighted by the nice comments.

@Chris: I used Revell Acrylic Spray Paint 34146 (NATO-Olive 46) as a basic color which works for me. I am not too much into getting the colors right, I justed wanted a paint job which looks like the real thing and it should make me happy. At last it should be noted that only a very small minority of the Norwegian CV9030N was ever painted in splinter-camo, the majority is painted overall green, including the new versions which started to enter service this year.
Can you post a photo of the CV9035 kitbash, I wonder how you realized it as these require a different hull.
Referring the Swedes it depends on what version of their CV90 we are taking about. The CV9040C (Swedish = Strf 9040C) which is available from GHQ was never painted in splinter-camo (as far as I know). Strf 9040C are painted overall green, were painted white for UN duties in Liberia or desert for use in Afghanistan.

Let me know if you have further questions. I am still working on some writing about the CV90 family. According to this I have some research already done...

Best regards,
Benjamin

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:05 pm

@cama: Your Strf 9040C looks excellent. Nevertheless I have to admit that UN colored vehicles (they mostly come in white) do not belong to my personal favourites.

Cheers,
Benjamin

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:07 pm

Hi again,

the first vehicles are finished now.

Kind regards,
Benjamin

Dog Smack · Post by **Dog Smack** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 8:41 am

Nice looking vehicles Ben!

Steve

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:02 pm

Hello again,

just wanted to share what I read yesterday.
The Norwegian splinter-camo consists of four colors, I used three as I didn't recognize the fourth color on the picture I used as painting guide.

Using some free time I did paint one of my reserve Strf 9040C in a hypothetical splinter-camo (using the same colors as on my CV9030N). I think it looks okay and therefore show this version as well.

I hope the link works for everybody as I could not manage to post the photo directly.

Kind regards,
Benjamin

7.62 · Post by **7.62** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:59 am

Nice looking collection of CV90's folks.
I have 50 or so CV9040 ready for paint, really hope to go with a 3 colour splinter.
I know this will take me an age to complete, only 5 done as a test so far.
I did try 1 in light green with a wash to show the great detail, worked well, also quick.
However I like the end result of the splinter and have Leo 2's and others in the same.

Will get a photo.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 1:42 pm

Mick,
Please send a few pics of what you have done on the CV9040. I have equipment sitting, waiting for ....inspiration, proper color...?
Thinking of spray paint dark green, then use two other green colors, light green, medium green.
Any ideas. Not quite sure how to get the camo right once I have the right (suitable) colors.

Send pic of Leopards.
Thank you

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:09 pm

Gentlemen,

as I read about camo on Strf 9040 and how to get it right / proper colors. Please consider that Strf 9040C (the CV9040 version made by GHQ) which are in service have never been painted in splinter-camo, as I wrote in an earlier statement.
If you want to have proper Swedish Strf 9040C you should paint them just green, desert if you are after Afghanistan scenarios (or similar) or white if serving with UN (as done in Liberia).
Splinter-camo on them is hypothetical.

If anyone can point me to a serial / in service Strf 9040C with splinter-camo, I will stand corrcted and very happy about such photographic evidence.
At last I know the photos of non-serial Strf 9040 in early / non-serial C-configuration painted in splinter-camo.
Some of them are showing vehicles with slightly different armour layout and the coaxial MG still in its orginal place, the other one seems to be without secondary armament / coax MG but with an additional LEMUR sight fitted.

Kind regards,
Benjamin

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:56 am

Is this what you might be looking for?
https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/ ... rt=mozilla

or the AA version...
https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/ ... rt=mozilla

Donald M. Scheef · Post by **Donald M. Scheef** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 11:42 am

The splinter pattern camoflauge may not be accurate but it looks soooo good.
Forward the hypotheticals!
Don S.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:49 pm

Hi again,

maybe I need to be more precise.

@Chris:
Two of the pics (as Vergeltungswaffe said) are the same and show the original Strf 9040, these were later brought to A-standard, becoming Strf 9040A.
The Lvkv 9040 is a prototype vehicle which can be identified by the different headlights, hull-sides, smoke dischargers...
What I said is that the serial version of the Strf 9040C (an uparmoured version of the Strf 9040B) which is made by GHQ never came in splinter-camo.
This is the case with other C-versions (uparmoured) of the Strf 90 like the Stripbv 90C, Epbv 90C, Bgbv 90C and Lvkv 9040C as well.

Other versions of the Swedish Army like the Strf 9040A, Strf 9040B (I am not sure about the Strf 9040B1), Strf 9040A/B DSG, Stripbv 90A, Epbv 90A, Lvkv 9040A, Bgbv 90A (not sure about the Bgbv 90A1) and the StÃ¶rpbv 90 are regulary painted in splinter-camo.

At last Don is right, splinter pattern camo looks good, this is why I painted on of my Strf 9040C in it, the other being my testbed for paints and so on.
For the same reason I will paint all my Norwegian CV9030N(F1) in it and do not care about the fact that only a minority of the Norwegian CV9030N ever came in splinter-camo.

Cheers,
Benjamin