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Question about Cougar 6x6
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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 01:31 PM UTC
Hello
I have a MENG Cougar 6x6. I would like to make it in different colour as sand like US Army or USMC. Can somebody tell me if any forces in Iraq or Afghanistan have been used this vehicle in other painting color ( not sand ) like e.g. 3 tone nato or green ...
Thank You for help
Chris from Poland
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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 03:05 PM UTC
What about an Italian one in Afghanistan ?











But you'll have to scratchbuilt the raised roof top and the specific Platt MR655 Shielded Ring Mount though...

http://www.plattmounts.com/assets/files/Ring-Mount-MR655-4pp-brochure---Feb-2014.pdf

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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 05:59 PM UTC
Thx Frenchy for these pictures.
An Italian friend of mine said me, some times ago, that there was only one Cougar painted in 3 tons camo. That was a test, and no other trucks were painted in this way.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 06:24 PM UTC
Salut Pascal

IIRC, only six Italian Cougar 6x6's were deployed in Afghanistan, and if there was only one painted in 3-tone camo, other pics of this one may be hard to find

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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 06:48 PM UTC
Now that some countries have pulled out of Afghanistan/Iraq, have the vehicles been repainted when they were returned home? ie, have the US or Canada repainted any of the vehicles returned home and what color would they have been painted?

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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 07:50 PM UTC

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Now that some countries have pulled out of Afghanistan/Iraq, have the vehicles been repainted when they were returned home? ie, have the US or Canada repainted any of the vehicles returned home and what color would they have been painted?



Ours are still desert sand.
https://www.facebook.com/2CombatEngineerRegiment/photos/pb.369920056446424.-2207520000.1450277204./753929754712117/?type=3&theater



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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 11:22 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Salut Pascal

IIRC, only six Italian Cougar 6x6's were deployed in Afghanistan, and if there was only one painted in 3-tone camo, other pics of this one may be hard to find

H.P.


Curious,

Here two pics of an italian cougar in Afghanistan. It seems different than the one on the photos you have posted above.

http://www.masterminiatures.it/walk/cougar-ei.php
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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 11:56 PM UTC

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http://www.masterminiatures.it/walk/cougar-ei.php


The one in 3-tone camo pictured there looks to be the same as the one in the top picture in my post (it has green ISAF markings on the hull sides), before being fitted with IED jammers. I guess some of the other pics show the same Cougar at a later time (green ISAF markings have been removed )...

The top picture has been taken in 2010, and this one :


has been taken in october 2012...

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Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 01:09 AM UTC
OK. On "master miniatures pics" a deconcerting point is that a window frame is in sand color, and I'm not sure but the running board on the rear seems to be in sand color too.

Perhaps a replaced and not repainted parts ?

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Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 01:50 AM UTC
Not disconcerting in the least! Adds visual interest, especially if you know it was actually done.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 02:09 AM UTC

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Perhaps a replaced and not repainted parts ?


Same situation in the second picture I've posted with the sand painted windshield frame.

H.P.
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