Correze, France
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Posted: Friday, January 30, 2009 - 07:13 AM UTC
Hi all,
unlike Matt with his excellent featured Challenger, I built mine quite out of the box. I added some bits but very few in fact. Here follow some pictures.






You can see more pictures in my site.
Comments welcome.
Olivier
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Napoléon
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, January 30, 2009 - 07:32 AM UTC
That is some very nice work Oliver
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Posted: Friday, January 30, 2009 - 10:21 AM UTC
The chally looks superb.
The weathering is superb!
how did you paint it and is the figure out of the box?
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Posted: Friday, January 30, 2009 - 10:30 AM UTC
Very nicely done
the weathering is excellent

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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Friday, January 30, 2009 - 06:14 PM UTC
The weathering is very subtle; excellent job.
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Posted: Friday, January 30, 2009 - 09:37 PM UTC

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Posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 12:20 AM UTC
Really nice.
I have always liked the look of the Challenger 1 over the 2.
Thanks for sharing.
Jeff
Correze, France
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Posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 01:06 AM UTC
Thank you all for your nice comments.
James : the figure is one in the box. You get the original kit one in DPM parka and the desert figure.
The color is a mixture of Tamiya Desert Yellow, Yellow and Buff. I can't give the proportions unfortunately as I try the mixture till I'm content with it. But this time, I made enough to fill another bottle for my future Challenger 2 !
Olivier
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 02:32 AM UTC
Hey Olivier,
Very nice work on the Chally! The weathering is nice without going overboard. Also the finish in the barrel shroud is well done.
Could you send me 15-20 odd pics and a small write up for an On Display Feature at e-mail
[email protected] ?
cheers from the sandbox
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Posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 04:13 AM UTC
OOB does not mean it is not of a high standard, nice work.
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Posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 07:39 AM UTC
Very nice work, I especially like the wear on the desert paint.
Tom
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Posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 02:23 PM UTC
Very nice, Olivier. I really like the weathering. It makes the vehicle pop.