Hiya,
I have just joined your forum and will be starting a new project of building the Mk 5 Chieftain Tank in the next couple of dayz can anyone help me in regards to the correct camouflage that this tank should be done.. thanks in advance

Paul

Hello Paul,
Firstly, the Tamiya kit is not a Mk5 as it says on the box, it is a late Mk2.
The very early Chieffies were Deep Bronze Green, in the 70`s the main colour was Green and black.
You could do a BATUS version of Green and Sand.
Ignore the Green on Green scheme suggested in the instructions.

Remember the Tamiya kit has it`s faults, mainly due to age, but looks ok when built out of the box, but needs work to make an accurate model of a Chieftain.

There are quite a few after market updates available for this old kit depending on how your budget is.
I.E. Accurate Armour do some major conversions but are expensive.
CASTOFF MODELS also do a range of updates but are more reasonably priced as they waste less of the dodor kit. and Eduard do a PE set for this kit.

Hope this helps

Regards

Malcolm

wellcom,i hope you have fun here.