Land Rover S.A.S. "Pink Panther"

[LubosM]

Hello, I present my newest building ... very old Tamiya kit... Land Rover S.A.S. "Pink Panther"
My other Modern warfare buils here : http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 46&t=19207

[LubosM]

... more photos

[LubosM]

... daily report ... some tuning (resin, PE Eduard)

[chalkyw]

NIce looking build so far Lubos......but it does looks like a candy bar Landrover with the pink plastic, lol

[shortCummins]

wow, it is pink isn't it

looking good

[LubosM]

... thanks ... daily report... some PE assed

[LubosM]

... more photos

[shortCummins]

that PE is first class!

the Land Rover logo and chains on the smoke/grenade launchers is just spot on!

[LubosM]

... thanks ... daily report ... more PE

[NorthernModeller]

Great build. the PE work is excellent. really tough to do. KUTGW

[LubosM]

... thanks ... daily report

[Cymru]

Your rockin man...

[digger303]

got it all juiced up...love the radio. What PE sets did you use.

[chalkyw]

Great job here Lubos

[LubosM]

... thanks ... daily report ... PE are from Eduard (Czechia) https://www.eduard.com/store/cs/Bojova- ... -1-35.html

[AgentG]

Looking superb.

What colors will you be using?

G

[Cymru]

What colors will you be using?
G

Why, Tamiya X-17 of course, what else?

[Technophobe]

Looking good but this is what I can't get my head around with armour builds, the fact that everything is built first, then paint is applied!

Just seems counter intuitive to me...

[digger303]

Looking good but this is what I can't get my head around with armour builds, the fact that everything is built first, then paint is applied!

Just seems counter intuitive to me...

glue and paint don't go well together

[Technophobe]

ah, that explains it then

[Davethepitch]

I nearly always build then paint military vehicles.

[DasAbteilung]

I have this kit and the Legend set to make, so I will be watching this build. The brass shovel stowage on the wing doesn't match that in the real photo posted above: It was metal brackets, not straps. In my attached photo there is also a bracket to hold the shovel blades, which isn't in the period photo. The attached photo is one I snapped a couple of months back of a Pinkie tucked away behind all the current kit at a certain military establishment I can't mention. Sadly I couldn't do a full walk-round of it. It is apparently fully original, apart from the cross-country tyres. Some of these wagons were later used by the SAS TA regiments painted green and black with cross-country tyres, and would have been used in Europe for reconnaissance, behind the lines raids etc. Like the original Italeri kit portrayed.

The real colour of Pinkies has always been a subject of debate. The people who own this one ought to know the correct colour! It has clearly been repainted but the pink is a lot less garish than a couple of preserved or replica Pinkies I remember seeing. But note here the paler shade under the open bonnet, very similar to the Tamiya box art colour and way off the new Italeri box art. I reckon this is still the original colour.

[digger303]

ah, that explains it then

exception of pva and ca glue, but pieces like pe if knocked off can remove a large chunk of paint.

[LubosM]

... thanks ... daily report ... basic surf

[gustavlekstal]

Get your brushes out for this one! Alot of detail. Outstanding!

[LubosM]

"Hello Kitty" basic surface

[LubosM]

... daily report ... details... varnish...

[Davethepitch]

Looking good but this is what I can't get my head around with armour builds, the fact that everything is built first, then paint is applied!

Just seems counter intuitive to me...

I am the same I build first then paint as I have problems with gluing after .

[LubosM]

... Landrover is done ... more in gallery

[Davethepitch]

Looks the business on the plinth.