Working on Tamiya's Chally 2 "Desertised". Putting together the external fuel tanks and was wondering what sort of wear and tear they would receive. Are they assigned to each tank permanently or are they "generic" to a unit and you are issued a set full, then they are swapped out when empty? Are they filled on the tank or detached and sent back to the fuel depot to await fueling and the next tank in line? I guess what I'm after is, how many dents and zings would they have? We always seem to dent the hell out of the Russian external tanks (whether or not that is operationally correct, it does "look" right after all) so what about the English ones?

Well you can bang them up a bit if you want ..here's a picture from the Primeportal site...


Rick

Mike
If you have a rummage thru this site

Plain Military

You should find some pics that will help you.

Pete

Hi,

You may want to detail the straps of your Chally 2 as well.

Here's what I did to my own Tamiya Challenger 2:











Basically what I did was remove the molded-on locks and straps of each fuel drum. I then made the straps using sandpaper. For the locks, these are aluminum sheet (the same thickness as found in baking pans) which were cut and drilled to shape, wire, and some styrene. BTW, the locks can be locked and unlocked (basically hooked) so I can, depending on my mood, replace one fuel drum and place baggage as found in other Chally 2s, or remove both fuel drums, or whatever.

HTH.