One of the more unusual vehicles seen in the Congo Crisis battles was the Terrängbil m/42 KP in it's 1960s SKPF variant. This was a Swedish made infantry fighting vehicle, initially deployed with the UN forces.
With the UNOC troop withdrawal some of these SKPFs were left behind and reconditioned by the Congolese Army for use against the Simbas. Most famously as part of the 'Ommegang' advance on Stanleyville.
There appears to be a very nice 1/72 scale kit available if you can find one, but obviously that is the wrong scale for my project. Amazingly, I found a 3d print model of one in 1/48. It isn't perfect as it seems to be the standard SKP model not the SKPF variant but it's a very nice start, and much easier to modify than building one from scratch. I will do a little re-working of the nose and turret plus add some stowage.
Here are some more pictures of the SKPFs in their ONUC 'white elephant' paint scheme.
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