discussion SAS Landy - Pink Panther - Tamiya - 1:35 scale

[pjgtech]

Next project is the Tamiya SAS Land Rover Pink Panther in 1:35 scale.

I do not have the correct pink shade, but Tamiya do helpfully give advice on how to get the pink, eg: mix of white, red and sand/buff.
TBH I'm not precious about paint colours being an exact match, so as long as it looks ok to me, then that'll do....
I have some Vallejo PRU pink that I used on my previous Spitfire build, and although not an exact match, (bit too pale) its not that far off.
So I may just add a tiny dash of red to that and see what it looks like, we'll see...

Box and sprue pics... heres the box art and my previous Spit, the camera makes it look quite different, under the light the Spit looks a bit yellow/buff...but IRL its actually quite a close match and much more pink.


The Vallejo paint, PRU Pink, (71.408) which i will probably end up using....


The box, with the destructions, and the sprues (x3)...


More close up pic of the sprues (x3)....


Although I now have my "proper" AB booth, compressor and brush, etc, I still have a couple of tins (rattle cans) of Citadel Chaos black primer to use up, so its back down to my garage and my "Acme" original spray booth to collect all the overspray, Lol.
Decided to just go for it and spray up everything on the sprue for this one, I mean, whats the wosre that could happen!

And its now all left to dry and harden, probably until tomorrow.... looks a nice detailed kit, so looking forward to it....

 

[pjgtech]

Little bit of history, but I'm sure that most on here will already know....
The Pink Panther was introduced in 1968 and eventually retired around 1984 and used in various theatres, including:
Middle east, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Kenya and Belize.
Apparently the MOD bought about 70+ Landys (S2A) for the SAS and were adapted for use mainly in the desert.
The SAS had been using smaller Landy's but these later ,longer, versions were better able to meet their needs.
The pink scheme was used as it actually provided good camo in the desert environment, especially at dawn and dusk, learned from the previous LRDG missions.
Fuel tanks were uprated to 100 gallons, giving an approx 1000 mile range and many other components, eg: suspension and chassis upgraded to take the inevitable dune bashing that they would suffer. Also equipped with machine guns, rifles, smoke cannisters and grenades....once they had been fully adapted they weighed a hefty 3 Tons!
Ultimately replaced with Land Rover Defenders, these Landy's gave nearly 20 years of service before being retired.
Apparently only about 20 of the original 70+ still survive, so they are now a very rare vehicle indeed.

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Peter, should be lots of fun