SAS Pink Panther

http://www.landroverclub.net/Club/Verschiedenes/Pink_panther2.jpg
http://www.landroverclub.net/Club/Verschiedenes/Pink_panther4.jpg
http://www.landroverclub.net/Club/Verschiedenes/Pink_panther3.jpg
hope these help too. Greg

Gday Greg,thanks for the tips. Yeah I think I'll be doing the desert version. Yvonne went to all the trouble of finding a model made by Tamiya,in 1/35 scale, moulded in shocking pink,that I'd be in trouble if I painted it green.hahaha
As for treatment of their vehicles,the SAS sounds like any Govt Dept in Australia with company cars,they get a caning but at least they get serviced regularly. Seeya
Jeff

Hi Jeff, if you do go ahead with the weathing i thought i would just mention that the only places on the landie that would show rust are the bulkhead (parts B31 andA29) and the radiator panel (center of part A28 with grill and headlights) and the chassis. not much of a consideration if you do one that has been used in the dessert but these vehicles saw action all over the world (probably in battles we never hesrd about), the rest of the bodywork is made of aluminum so it would stay quite bright if exposed. as far as wear and tear are concerned the boys from hereford (the SAS headquaters) where never that gentle with their vehicles from what i have read but they were kept in good mechanical order. hope this helps. Greg

also i thought i would mention that the pinkie was made out of a standard long wheelbase series 2 landrover with a 2 1/4 ltr petrol engine, now i do happen to have one of these sat in my drive (tho diesel engined) and have really thought about doing my biggest ever conversion job on it but the missus had a BIG sense of humor failiure when i suggested it[:0].....we'll see hehehe

BTW i will post some more links if you want. Greg

Hey guys,thanks for the links,the info and the replies. I'll have a little look around and see what I can find regarding the combat history and stuff. I mainly do WW2 stuff with lots of weathering,and I'm thinking that since these things were post war, they may not have suffered quite as much wear and tear . Hmmm I might have to be a bit more subdued with the paint chips and pastels than usual. Ciao,
Jeff

I'm still waiting for PE to come for mine, I did the figure though.

I built it long ago as a kid and got a second one fairly recently in a trade. I gave it to my daughter whose eye was caught by the pink plastic. She's having a great time with it.

I went out and bought another for myself for like $8. Then I friend gave me the Eduard PE set for it. Haven't cracked the plastic on that one yet.

Thanks for the link Greg. Good luck on the model sulo.
mark956

Jeff, that's cool. I saw that kit in one of the sites in the internet and it looked good. Oh I think that's the last link Greg showed. Anyway hope you could inform us about how it goes if you indeed do it.

Merry Christmas.

Hi there Jeff, i am building this kit at the moment (as well as the landrover ambulance) and i havn't found any problems yet. the only thing i would change is the way that tamia say that you should mix the pink. the SAS used mat white with a little red oxide paint to get the pink color. if you want some good reference for the panther, and other landies for that matter try geting hold of landrover enthusiast magazine, they are running a restoration article on a pink panther that they recovered from Botswana last year. if you do need any additional info or details on landrovers send me an e-mail and i'll see what i can come up with. Greg
http://www.scalehobby.com/forum/viewthread.php?action=attachment&tid=1314&pid=9090 (BTW i know this pic isn't a pinkie)

http://www.landroverclub.net/Club/Verschiedenes/Pink_panther1.jpg (but this is)

Greg