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Posted: **Wed Jan 14, 2026 2:29 pm**

Looking good... if only it could deep-ford its way to my western side of the pond

Posted: **Wed Jan 14, 2026 11:48 pm**

Ad Lav wrote: ↑Wed Jan 14, 2026 12:51 pm
VVhitesnake wrote: ↑Mon Jan 12, 2026 12:09 am Hey !

Nice Tiger, pardon my ignorance, but never seen a red road wheel before looks cool though!
Red oxide primer - my idea that parts replaced in the field were not always painted!

Ah yeah got ya, nice one

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Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:44 pm**

VVhitesnake wrote: ↑Wed Jan 14, 2026 11:48 pm
Ad Lav wrote: ↑Wed Jan 14, 2026 12:51 pm
VVhitesnake wrote: ↑Mon Jan 12, 2026 12:09 am Hey !

Nice Tiger, pardon my ignorance, but never seen a red road wheel before looks cool though!
Red oxide primer - my idea that parts replaced in the field were not always painted!
Ah yeah got ya, nice one !

It's the same way with modern tanks like the Abrams. Sometimes you get a part in the field that is green when the tank is in desert camo or desert camo when the tank is forest camo. Eventually they paint it, but functionality is more important than aesthetics when you are in combat. Sometimes it's all about just having a spare part to install.

Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2026 11:16 pm**

tankme wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:44 pm
VVhitesnake wrote: ↑Wed Jan 14, 2026 11:48 pm
Ad Lav wrote: ↑Wed Jan 14, 2026 12:51 pm

Red oxide primer - my idea that parts replaced in the field were not always painted!
Ah yeah got ya, nice one !
It's the same way with modern tanks like the Abrams. Sometimes you get a part in the field that is green when the tank is in desert camo or desert camo when the tank is forest camo. Eventually they paint it, but functionality is more important than aesthetics when you are in combat. Sometimes it's all about just having a spare part to install.

Hey man

Yeah that makes sense, and I heard this about the Abrams. Was it not that during the Iraq invasion all the Abrams tanks had actually green Forrest camo etc, and they were painted into desert camo in while in Iraq

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Posted: **Thu Jan 15, 2026 11:48 pm**

I remember the build on this tank. It inspired me to rebuild my Tamiya Tiger. If I was in the UK I'd definitely be buying it.

Posted: **Fri Jan 16, 2026 3:57 am**

If I had currency that was not tantamount to Monopoly Money, I would be buying it !!

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