sponges challenger 2

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kaptain Jack
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Re: sponges challenger 2

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Love the choice of color
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nice
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Hi sponge loving the chally looks amazing can I ask what colour green you are using I used nato green on mine but yours looks miles better and more realistic hopefully one day I will get there lol
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jono768 wrote:Hi sponge loving the chally looks amazing can I ask what colour green you are using I used nato green on mine but yours looks miles better and more realistic hopefully one day I will get there lol
Alright dude it's Tamiya olive drab, and the black is Tamiya nato black over sprayed with Tamiya matt black, am sure yours will look fine mate,be sure to get some more pictures on! Any more questions feel free to ask dude

Here's the link to my build thread there are some more pictures and info there mate

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=18510
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hi mate thanks for that i used tamiya nato green and nato black. when you say you over sprayed with matt black do you mean the hole model? like a light coat all over.
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No just over sprayed the nato black camo stripes with a cost of matt black with the airbrush, I did use matt black to highlight all the panel edges and flat earth to lightly over spray the whole model and more concentrated in certain areas where dust/ dirt would accumulate
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Well as promise finally finished! (ish)
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Thought I would do a video other than in my kitchen! Just added a 3s lipo for abit of speed!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=you ... i0wBzztRng
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I think this is my favorite Challenger that I have seen :thumbup: I'm a fan of the green and black camo. Well done mate :thumbup:
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Markocaster wrote:I think this is my favorite Challenger that I have seen :thumbup: I'm a fan of the green and black camo. Well done mate :thumbup:
Cheers dude all she needs now is an economical idler adjuster as the only one i have seen is 200 odd quid! And I love the black and then camo :)
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