Modern vehicles range

[Roy]

lovely stuff 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Like them

IanS

[Matt J]

next batch. Some post war Nato equipment -

MDV4 - Land rover ambulance



MDV17 - AMX 13



and the mightly Conqueror

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb! 

[Ithoriel]

Why

But I love it ! 

Cheers - Phil

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!

[Matt J]

In the 'flesh' so to speak the model is a lot less pink, photography is a funny thing when it comes to colours.
The green and black camo on the last lot doesn't photograph too well either. When I take the proper photos for the website I'll have to play around some more.

[toxicpixie]

I'm especially fond of that IS-3! Lovely job.

[Obsidian23]

 

Beautiful work Matt.  The T-55 is superb.  Great brush work.  When you get around to those Centurians you could do an Aussie ones from Vietnam???  B Squadron 1st Armoured Regiment at the battle of Binh Ba.  (my old Squadron and Regiment) 

Cheers,

Scott

[Matt J]

I'm doing a full troop for my own Vietnam project, so yes definitely!

[Techno]

AWESOME, Matt. 

(Even if the colours are a bit 'waffy'.....Which I wouldn't have known anyway....I just LOVE the Conqueror.)

Cheers - Phil

[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