Modern vehicles range

[Sunray]

That one looks a little too bright a pink but basically it was found that pink was the best camo for vehicles in the Western Desert.

Great painting of all of these!

A generation too late for the Western Desert, the Series II '109' Landrover "Pinkie" was used by the Mobility Troop in Oman and Dhofar.  The 110 HPCU became the standard DPV around 1985/86. 

Now here is something you won't find via google search.  Irrespective the colour of the paint, a long wheel base Rover  is affectionally known in the SAS as a Pinkie.    In Operation Banner (N Ireland) in the 1970s they were deployed in olive drab on the Antrim plateau  and in 1991 in Desert Storm, A and D Squadron were deployed with 109s and 90s.  They were all in now in standard Desert Beige, but still referred to as Pinkies.  The short wheelbase 90 was/is one of the best 4X4 ever and is known as the Dinkie.

As with most AVFs and softskins, camouflage paint and scrim only works when you are static.  Once you move, the movement and  the dust betrays you.  Or in the case of the Chieftain, the exhaust. 

[fsn]

Well thank you very much!

I enter a Conqueror into the painting comp and then you do ... this!


It's sabotage I tell you, sabotage!

[Matt J]

unfortunately I can't enter my conqueror as Phil has commented on it*

Lots of Cents next FSN 



*just joking techno

[fsn]

Aw! You know I can't resist the promise of Centurions!

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed Matt

Take care

Andy

[paulr]

 

As always

[Ithoriel]

A generation too late for the Western Desert, the Series II '109' Landrover "Pinkie" was used by the Mobility Troop in Oman and Dhofar.  The 110 HPCU became the standard DPV around 1985/86. 

My understanding was that the use of the colour originated in WW2 and continued to be used for desert conditions for some time after. 

Certainly my ex's godfather, who was an Intelligence Officer in North Africa in WW2, had a photo of self and others poring over a map spread out on the bonnet of an LRDG vehicle which was a dusty faded pastel pink. I made some comment about colour degradation assuming it should be a shade of beige and was told that, on the contrary, the vehicle had indeed been light pink.

[Matt J]

Next up the forums favourite post war tank, painted as IDF

MDV7 with MDV9





and the Sho't MDV19

[fred.]

That is a bit smart!!

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[Leon]

Wow!   

These look fantastic!

[paulr]

 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Amazing!

Someone restrain FSN now!

[Matt J]

Cheers guys

Inevitably this has led me full swing into another project so some more cents and t54,55,62 on the way to fight over the Sinai.

[paulr]

What will you be using for infantry