Thanks for the info Raminator..Raminator wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:54 amT-90s were never sold to Ukraine, the handful they have in active service are captured Russian ones. Ukraine inherited a large number of tanks following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and didn't have the need (or budget) to buy more modern Russian designs. The Malyshev plant (which produced T-64s and T-80s for the Soviet army) is in Kharkiv; the increase in Ukrainian defence spending between the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the full-scale invasion in 2022 was directed at modernising those designs, like the T-64BV and T-84.zooma wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:36 pmI am also guessing that if the Russian T90 tanks were actually painted in this scheme, then it would be reasonable to assume that some of them could have been sold to the Ukrainian Army in the same colours.....and would be the inspiration for Heng Long to produce this Ukrainian version of it ?
I would guess that any captured Russian T90 tanks would be in an all over green colour and that they are probably looking a bit 'worse for wear" by now and that the camouflage scheme supplied on the Heng Long T90 would not have been used in the Ukrainian "operation".
....... but maybe the Russians used whatever they had available and weren't too bothered about repainting any of them (?) so if this camouflage scheme actually existed (other than on the gymkhana tank) perhaps some could have been involved?
Although the decals supplied are for a "promotional" tank, I hope that the camouflage scheme is authentic as it would make a nice change to all my green tanks.
Bob.