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Easy_Co
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Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 - 07:30 AM UTC
Hi, hope this is the right forum, I was dragged kicking and sreaming into my L.H.S. today,oooh thats nice! yes Im now the proud owner of tamyias Pink Panther .what I need to know is this is that particular model of the Land Rover still in service I saw an sas vehicle and crew on the history channel about the gulf war 1 and it looked very similar I would like to model it for that era if possible.
mlb63
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Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 - 07:55 AM UTC
I hate to be the one to tell you but no.Although these did see plenty of action in Oman and Dhofar in the early seventies.Come to think of it AA is probably as close as you can come to finding something like what the S.A.S. use now.Try this site www.militaryrover.co.uk hope it helps. 
Easy_Co
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Posted: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 07:14 AM UTC
Thanks for the help Martin, I did a google and found some interesting info, the vehicle is still used but modified the guy on the link you reccomended said it was only small details so I might try and delve further to see what they are.
mikeli125
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Posted: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 10:41 AM UTC
no the ser 2 or 3's would have been replaced with landrover 110's by then alot of the SAS rovers had some type of trick rear diff which if they are released onto the civi market fetch mega bucks although ser3's were still in service until the mid 90's with the Army (my Sqn still had an airportable in '95) . It's a shame no one does a resin update to convert revell's ser3 to a 110 version you can buy update kits for the real thing including the grill ect
Easy_Co
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Posted: Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 07:20 AM UTC
Thanks for the Info Mike, looks like the 60's it is.I see hannants have the Edwuards p.e. set for it I might give it a try never used p.e. before.
Wingtsun
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 12:40 PM UTC
I have searched the Soft Skins threads and cannot seem to find answers to my follow questions.
When the SAS operated the Pink Panther Land Rovers (represented by the Tamiya kit) in Oman, how vehicles normally operated together? Did they move about in pairs? In the Histoire & Collections book - Special Forces War Against Saddam Hussein - there are photos of 4 Australian SAS 6x6 Land Rovers together.
Awhile ago, I read on Missing Links(?) that Chris Mrosko was starting a new resin figure company which planned to produce resin figures to complement the Tamiya Pink Panther Land Rover kit. Anyone hear further on this?
Did the SAS (or anyother British service) ever mount a recoiless rifle - as in the Skybow 106mm kit - onto the same chassis as the Pink Panther Land Rover? I have seen on a web site gallery where someone modified the Tamiya kit into a short wheel based vehicle with an recoiless rifle. But the modified kit was not portraying an SAS vehicle.
When the SAS operated the Pink Panther Land Rovers (represented by the Tamiya kit) in Oman, how vehicles normally operated together? Did they move about in pairs? In the Histoire & Collections book - Special Forces War Against Saddam Hussein - there are photos of 4 Australian SAS 6x6 Land Rovers together.
Awhile ago, I read on Missing Links(?) that Chris Mrosko was starting a new resin figure company which planned to produce resin figures to complement the Tamiya Pink Panther Land Rover kit. Anyone hear further on this?
Did the SAS (or anyother British service) ever mount a recoiless rifle - as in the Skybow 106mm kit - onto the same chassis as the Pink Panther Land Rover? I have seen on a web site gallery where someone modified the Tamiya kit into a short wheel based vehicle with an recoiless rifle. But the modified kit was not portraying an SAS vehicle.
Boggie
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 02:18 PM UTC
I used the Eduard PE set for mine. This PE is relatively simple compared to some of the complex modern PE sets happening today.The Accurate Armour SAS 110 is a fine representation of the current version used in Iraq and Afghanistan, 3 figures available separately.
there a few more photos in my photo album.
there a few more photos in my photo album.
NebLWeffah
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 02:57 PM UTC
Martin's right John, the Tamiya SAS Pinkie is no longer in service. It was phased out and replaced by the LR 110 Desert Patrol Vehicle.
Here's a pic from Accurate Armour's site of their full resin model:
Here's a couple of pics of my Tamiya Pinkie:
Makes a nice kit out of the box but I added some Tamiya stowage, a scratchbuilt tarp, tailgate, radio and 'Charlie G' rocket.
Bob
Here's a pic from Accurate Armour's site of their full resin model:
Here's a couple of pics of my Tamiya Pinkie:
Makes a nice kit out of the box but I added some Tamiya stowage, a scratchbuilt tarp, tailgate, radio and 'Charlie G' rocket.
Bob
spongya
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 03:41 PM UTC
I'm building one, too. (Actually, waiting for the PE to arrive since June.)
It has everything I like about Tamiya, and nothing I don't
. I like the fact especially that the instructions actually name the different parts. There is nothing more frustrating when you put something together, and have no idea what those little things are that you're attaching to the kit...
Keep us posted, please.
(Where could I find more info in SAS rovers and the LRDP in WWII?)
It has everything I like about Tamiya, and nothing I don't
. I like the fact especially that the instructions actually name the different parts. There is nothing more frustrating when you put something together, and have no idea what those little things are that you're attaching to the kit...Keep us posted, please.
(Where could I find more info in SAS rovers and the LRDP in WWII?)
Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 04:53 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Where could I find more info in SAS rovers and the LRDP in WWII?
Have you tried these ?
http://www.lrdg.org/
http://www.lrdg.de/main.htm
http://www.uksas.bravehost.com/
http://www.eliteukforces.info/
HTH
Frenchy
Mad_Dan_Eccles
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 09:12 PM UTC
Quoted Text
When the SAS operated the Pink Panther Land Rovers (represented by the Tamiya kit) in Oman, how vehicles normally operated together? Did they move about in pairs? In the Histoire & Collections book - Special Forces War Against Saddam Hussein - there are photos of 4 Australian SAS 6x6 Land Rovers together.
Patrols commonly consisted of three vehicles - two Pink Panthers (one at the front and one at the rear )and a third GS truck in the middle which carried essential spares and supplies.
The GS was the basic army Land Rover of the perido but these were commonly modifed in the field by removing doors, sills and windscreen, so you should be able to produce one of these vehicles from a Pink Panther kit with a bit of work. The bed shoudl be full of spares and other supplies, but the only specific thing I can be sure of is that the load would have inlcuded a few spare half-shafts as these were notoriously weak on Series Land Rovers.
It's very possible that this fitter's truck would have had the standard 16" rims and tyres rather than the special wheels and sand tyres of the Pink Panther so it may be necessary to rob the wheels from a Tamiya ambulance kit . The one photo I have seen of one of these shows this in a sand and black disruptive scheme rather than pink.
Quoted Text
Did the SAS (or anyother British service) ever mount a recoiless rifle - as in the Skybow 106mm kit - onto the same chassis as the Pink Panther Land Rover? I have seen on a web site gallery where someone modified the Tamiya kit into a short wheel based vehicle with an recoiless rifle. But the modified kit was not portraying an SAS vehicle.
I don't think this was a "standard" SAS option but yes Land Rovers were fitted with the Wombat until the 80s. Firing Line does a kit to convert the Italeri/Revell Series 3
marcb
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 10:38 PM UTC
This forum has some good period pics of SAS Panthers in the '60s. Camo was overall pink sand or pink sand with dark green.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/526495/
http://www.network54.com/Forum/526495/
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 01:56 AM UTC
Tamiya's Pink Panther is a Series 2 109" wheelbase version built in the 1960's. Italeri also offered a Series 3 from the 1970's with essentially the same equipment fit. That version had the headlights relocated to the mudguards (wings). Could be finished in green and black as an SAS or Para vehicle. But by 1991, the Rover 110 series was in service.
Italeri also did a left hand drive Series 3 depicting a British Army of the Rhine vehicle (they procured some Rovers from dealers in Germany, hence the left hand drive). It was an unarmed vehicle with an optional hard top.
Italeri also did a left hand drive Series 3 depicting a British Army of the Rhine vehicle (they procured some Rovers from dealers in Germany, hence the left hand drive). It was an unarmed vehicle with an optional hard top.
Chilihead
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 02:17 AM UTC
Quoted Text
I I read on Missing Links(?) that Chris Mrosko was starting a new resin figure company which planned to produce resin figures to complement the Tamiya Pink Panther Land Rover kit. Anyone hear further on this?
Yes New World Miniatures plans on producing a set of figures for Pinky, they are a ways down the road. I too am planning to build a Pink Panther and have just received some killer images of one from Great Britain(Private Collection) the images were a GOD send.
The LR 110 that is now in service is quite a bit different from the series 1 and 2 land rovers.
There is a great book on the SAS in Dhofar titled Special Men, Special War. Mrosko
sauceman
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 03:24 AM UTC
Quoted Text
I used the Eduard PE set for mine. This PE is relatively simple compared to some of the complex modern PE sets happening today.The Accurate Armour SAS 110 is a fine representation of the current version used in Iraq and Afghanistan, 3 figures available separately.
there a few more photos in my photo album.
Wow nice job! I really like the sand with the tire marks and foot prints. Superb!
cheers
Boggie
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 04:53 AM UTC
Why thank you Sauceman. The base was done with a scrap of MDF, easy to sculpt and takes paint beautifully.
Bill
Bill
spongya
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 07:07 AM UTC
Thanks for the links. (The LRDP homepage I knew -the others did not.)
One more question: I have no idea how to get stuff to fill the car up with. Tarps I can make, but I saw photos of SAS vehicles, and they were packed with bags, hanging from everywhere, strapped to every possible surface... I'd be nice to be able to buy them, but have no idea how and where.
One more question: I have no idea how to get stuff to fill the car up with. Tarps I can make, but I saw photos of SAS vehicles, and they were packed with bags, hanging from everywhere, strapped to every possible surface... I'd be nice to be able to buy them, but have no idea how and where.
peacekeeper
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Posted: Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 10:20 AM UTC
Look at Greatmodels.com or Squadron.com
Verlinden and Legends have cargo, packs etc. available.
HTH
Dave
Verlinden and Legends have cargo, packs etc. available.
HTH
Dave
NebLWeffah
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Posted: Monday, October 22, 2007 - 02:04 AM UTC
I used a few items from this Tamiya set:
From Tamiya's online catalogue, Allied Vehicles Accessory Set number 35229:
Bob
From Tamiya's online catalogue, Allied Vehicles Accessory Set number 35229:
Bob
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