I’m considering gettting this kit, but I need to figure out what color it should be. Any suggestions? I use MM enamels exclusively.
[:D] hi ,i would paint it sand ,is it going to be in a dio? any color but pink.
paint it Pink,
I used Testors Piping Pink when I built mine, came out nice.
As a historical note, the SAS Reg. did paint them pink when operating in Aden in the late 60’s
The colour is a pale pink, with a satin to flat finish. You need to add a little white to most pinks out there, and give them a shot of flatcoat. There are some pics here:
http://www.kmk-scaleworld.be/WalkAround/PP/index.html
like this pic
http://www.kmk-scaleworld.be/WalkAround/PP/image1.html (can’t be linked sorry)
Don’t forget to paint all the tyres around the rim in an untidy fashion like in the pic too. The black donut, being an un-natural perfect circle shape, stands out in the desert so the SAS painted the tyres part way out in a non-uniform pattern to break up the circle shape.
Only the brits would paint something Pink…Why???
Believe it or not pink works well inthe desert(mid-east) for camoflauge
Why not
it works for Lady Penelopy of the Thunderbirds
I’ve got a real one and It’s been Pink twice. Both times very different tones. You can see it in the paint chip layers on the diff guards.
The Regiment lads used to draw straws to see who would get to do it. The loser crudely masked off the lights/dials, painted it with a yard brush then drove it about to get stuff stuck in the paint, further reducing the refleciveness of the flat panels. We Brits got the idea from the Americans who discovered that pink was effective in the Western Desert WW2. The pink on flat panels reflects the setting desert sun the same colour as the granulated surfave of the sand/rocks.
The paint is basically a tin of grey primer mixed with red oxide primer. The matter it was the better though for a scale model you’d have more interest from a low sheen finish. Don’t forget that they were pink all over including underneath. The SAS returned the first back of factory pink vehicals because Marshals (of Cambridge) had not covered the bottle green of the production line. This gave then a huge dark shadow/signature.
The only reference I’ve ever seen or heard of re a yellow Pinky is the Tamiya one.