1/72 scale (20 mm) Daimler Armoured Car, 12th Manitoba Dragoons

 

The Daimler Armoured Car, a highly successful armoured car design, was designed in parallel with Daimler’s smaller Dingo Scout Car.  Designed for the purposes of reconnaissance and liaison duties, the Daimler Armoured Car entered service in mid-1941 (the first prototypes were produced in 1939).  By the end of the war, a total of 2,694 Daimler Armoured Cars were built.

 

The STL files for the Daimler Armoured Cars were downloaded from MarkeBot’s Thingiverse and designed by marcusmole.  I used a Creality Ender Pro 3 to print the armoured cars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I 3D printed two Daimler Armoured Cars and painted the models with the markings of the Canadian 18^th Armoured Car Regiment (12^th Manitoba Dragoons).    The Manitoba Dragoons were a corps level troop attached to the II Canadian Corp and one of two armoured car regiments in the Canadian Army during the war.  The other armoured car regiment was the 1^st Armoured Car Regiment (Royal Canadian Dragoons) attached to the I Canadian Corps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The images below are found in the Canadian Armour II section of Citizen Soldiers: A 1/72 scale World War 2 Model Site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citizen Soldiers: A 1/72 scale World War 2 Model Site is devoted to the hobby of painting and collecting World War 2 models/miniatures.  It is my hope, through creating this website, to honour the men and women who served in the Second World War, whose sacrifices and courage have given us the freedom and quality of life we have today.