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Colour on UK IVECO CLV PANTHER in Afghanistan
rogerjo1
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Posted: Friday, September 09, 2011 - 10:21 PM UTC
I have order the UK Version of IVECO CLV PANTHER the version that they have in Afghanistan and i wounder if i can paint it Green for use in Afghanistan or do i have to paint it in desert Colour if so what colour can i use? Hope somebody can help me!
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, September 09, 2011 - 10:52 PM UTC
The pics I've seen so far show sand-painted Panthers :













HTH

Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, September 09, 2011 - 11:08 PM UTC
As far as I know all the Afghanistan panthers are painted sand, Tamiya XF-59/XF-60 is a good match for UK desert sand. Hope that helps?

Scott
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Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 02:35 AM UTC
Where did you find a kit for that beast
Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 03:13 AM UTC

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Where did you find a kit for that beast


MK Models (a.k.a. MMK) has released this kit. Check out this thread for some pics :
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/181092&page=1

MMK website

HTH

Frenchy
rogerjo1
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Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 06:28 AM UTC
thanks for the answers and pictures, i ordered my kit from Panzershop
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