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zooma wrote: ↑Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:50 pm

I will check to see what's left on the rear of the BATUS Challenger 2 tanks Ian - maybe the parts you mention are all that's left ?

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zooma wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 4:43 pm Thanks to my old iPhone 7SE (it no longer has a Simm card) I can share some pictures of my first attempt to replicate a Challenger 2 in BATUS colours that I am working on with my Toucan supplied "green" Heng Long model.

The tank was delivered in an overall dark green colour that did not look much like any of the green colours that I could find British Challenger 2 tanks painted in.

Tamiya XT-67 NATO Green and XF-60 Dark Yellow paints have been used by myself to date and I think they will make a good base to work from....unlike the AK Tactical Markings Colour RCM003 RAL 3020 "Signal Red" that I used on the fire extinguishers (that looks positively pink !).....but it will make a good undercoat!

The "green and sand" colour areas are not that clearly defined in places just yet as I keep changing my mind (with every new picture I see), but I am getting close to finalise a scheme that I find acceptable and I think that I only need to do a bit more work on the engine cover area to get the percentage "mix" of sand and green and the "pattern" shape looking "right".

I have yet to find a picture of any BATUS Challenger 2 that shows the left hand side, the right hand side, the overhead plan view, the front elevation and the rear elevation to make it possible to replicate any specific tank, and if I did, it would probably only be the colour that it was on the day it was pictured and would not guarantee that it would stay that way.....but I would still like to see it!

There are some semi-constant camouflage shapes - such as the moustache shape the runs across the front of the turret and the base of the main gun - every one is different - but it is a feature that every one I have seen has, along with the continuous line of green that runs diagonally across the cupolas - again every one is different - but it is a constant feature that can be used when working out a "typical" BATUS paint scheme.

Once I am happy with the colour ways I will tidy them up and make a better paint finish.... before I spoil them with some weathering!