Scotties Pinky

[scottie3158]

After my very brief foray into wings, I have returned to normality. This was a bargain for £9.50 delivered evil bay win. As you can see it is the Italeri 1/35 SAS Pink panther. The vehicle was based on the long wheel base landrover.
The box has the Revell style end opening box. It contains 4 vivid pink sprues that are showing their age. But this is how I like my kits, plenty of opportunity to tweak. And as usual I have picked up some aftermarket etch.







Hope you can join me along the way. One question for you all any idea what Pink I should use?

cheers
Scottie

[Jim R]

Front and centre please. Get in early before the rabble turn up.

[scottie3158]

Front and centre please. Get in early before the rabble turn up.

Always welcome mate I have a seat ready for you next to the kettle and biscuits.

[BattleshipBob]

Me too Paul, however it sounds like a terrible illness, with or without cream Sur!

[langy71]

Many years ago I managed to get Mrs L the tamiya version of this, and she did quite a good job of building it, but only because it was pink...

[JayCee]

Paul, I don't think there was a standard colour. The ones I have seen, on deployment, were not that much different to our normal sandy coloured ones.
John.

[scottie3158]

Me too Paul, however it sounds like a terrible illness, with or without cream Sur!

with I think mate, welcome aboard.

Many years ago I managed to get Mrs L the tamiya version of this, and she did quite a good job of building it, but only because it was pink...

I was looking at the Tamyia version as well but for the price I paid this will do.

Paul, I don't think there was a standard colour. The ones I have seen, on deployment, were not that much different to our normal sandy coloured ones.
John.

Cheers John, your probably right about the standard colour but I think there was a definite pinkness to the colour I will have to do some digging.

[Guest]

That’s originally an Italeri kit, but I don’t remember the one I built 20+ years ago being in that particular shade of plastic There’s a discussion about the colour here. The roverparts.com page linked to there says they were “a dusky mauve-like pink” so not bright pink like modellers and restorers often paint them.

[scottie3158]

That’s originally an Italeri kit, but I don’t remember the one I built 20+ years ago being in that particular shade of plastic :smiling3: There’s a discussion about the colour here. The roverparts.com page linked to there says they were “a dusky mauve-like pink” so not bright pink like modellers and restorers often paint them.

Cheers Jakko some great pictures and it looks like it was factory painted over the original bronze green.

[Guest]

Yes, they must have been: vehicles would have come from the factory in deep bronze green, and only repainted once in Yemen, I suppose?

[scottie3158]

Yes, they must have been: vehicles would have come from the factory in deep bronze green, and only repainted once in Yemen, I suppose?

According to what I have just read some were sent to a landrover specialist for desert modifications i.e. extra fuel tanks etc. in fact the vehicle weighed close to 3 tons when completed.

[Andy T]

If you can't find a colour that suits Paul try mixing your own. Magenta and white should get you near, or red & white with a dash of blue.

[Nicko]

I shall enjoy seeing you work your magic on this one Scottie, but I think you may need some dark glasses or you could get a bit of a headache!

Nick

[Si Benson]

An older kit with a bit of bling and some tweaks in your very capable hands….I’m in

[langy71]

That’s originally an Italeri kit, but I don’t remember the one I built 20+ years ago being in that particular shade of plastic :smiling3: There’s a discussion about the colour here. The roverparts.com page linked to there says they were “a dusky mauve-like pink” so not bright pink like modellers and restorers often paint them.

The dusky mauve pink would fit better cause I'd presume the guys just grabbed some 'standard' vehicles and slapped a pink coloured paint over the top of the original bronze greeny colour, thus creating a more 'off' pink colour than folks think....and you've probably got the 'what the paint was mixed with' issue that would also affect the final colour (dunkelgelb anybody ????)