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                        Possible to order additional tank decals?

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                        gpat5570
                        • Member since
                          May 2020
                        Possible to order additional tank decals?
                        Posted by gpat5570 on Thursday, May 28, 2020 2:06 PM

                        Hi folks,

                        I plan to build a Challenger 1 Mk.3 tank. It's a Tamiya kit.

                         The decals are great, but only give availability for one particular call sign, i.e. '40'. I was wondering, does anyone know of a particular website that offers particular decal types? 

                        I actually need the call sign '31'.

                         

                        I have looked through the internet, haven't found anything.

                        (Maybe I should get directly in touch with Tamiya?!)

                         

                        Thanks

                         

                        Garry 

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                        hogfanfs
                        • Member since
                          May 2013
                        • From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho
                        Posted by hogfanfs on Thursday, May 28, 2020 3:07 PM
                        I don't have the Tamiya kit; would it be possible to get a picture of decal set?
                         
                        Echelon and Star make decals for a Challenger 1 and 2 that may have what you are looking for.
                         
                        IMHO, I don’t think Tamiya would be much help with customizing decals, but I could be wrong. Contacting them would not hurt.
                         
                        This may be a good time to investigate making your own decals. Just a thought.

                         Bruce

                         

                         On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                                                1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

                         

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Thursday, May 28, 2020 3:13 PM

                        Accurate Armour does British armour call sign decals. That might be your best bet if you want a certain tank. There are also a few AM decals sets, including one for the RSDG, but they don't include 31.

                        https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=Kits&q=FV4030+Challenger+1&fkTYPENAME[]=%22Decals%22&fkSCALENORMALISED[]=%221:00035%22

                         

                        I built that kit a few years back, nice kit.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        gpat5570
                        • Member since
                          May 2020
                        Posted by gpat5570 on Thursday, May 28, 2020 3:58 PM

                        Thanks for the link. I'll take a look.

                        Call sign 31 was my vehicle, D Sqn, Scots DG. 

                         

                        Already quite impressed with the attention to detail in the vehicle, brings back some memories! Tamiya to my mind is always good quality.

                         

                         

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                        gpat5570
                        • Member since
                          May 2020
                        Posted by gpat5570 on Friday, May 29, 2020 6:49 AM

                        Thanks for the advice guys, I had a look at that website 'Accurate Armour', think I have found what I need. Some really neat stuff there, to give extra detail to the tank (I wonder if there is a grease gun that never works?! haha)

                         

                        regards

                         

                        Garry

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Friday, May 29, 2020 11:59 AM

                        They have some nice AM sets for that kit, i used the extra armour and fuel drum set on mine, and they are the best place for modern British kit. No, they don't have a grease gun, but the kit has one.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        the Baron
                        • Member since
                          September 2006
                        • From: Bethlehem PA
                        Posted by the Baron on Friday, May 29, 2020 12:19 PM

                        If you're ever looking for specialty decals or a subject no one seems to do, you could try Georg Eyerman's Decalcomaniacs:

                        http://decalcomaniacs.net/ 

                        He also has a Facebook page for the business.

                        The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

                         

                         

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                        disastermaster
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: On my kitchen counter top somewhere in North Carolina.
                        Posted by disastermaster on Friday, May 29, 2020 7:31 PM

                        Aa a last resort, another alternative is ebay......

                        https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=1%2F48+scale+armor+decals&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=1%2F48+scale+tank+decals

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                        "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"

                         

                         
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