Reviewed by Neil Pepper
After opening the box and getting over the ‘pink glow’, it was just a case of the Tamiya norm, that is remove parts from sprue, clean up and cement together. This is my type of modelling when you get home from work and need to switch off.
So this short article is therefore going to focus mainly on the painting and weathering of my SAS ‘Pink Panther’. Even if you are less experienced at building armour projects, you should find little or no difficulty in building this Tamiya kit – it’s very straightforward. Tamiya kit instructions are usually pretty good and this one is like that so you won’t go too far wrong if you follow each step.
Tip 1…
The only thing I noticed during the build was not to glue the prop shaft in until you have the axles in.
I built this in three sections, the bonnet, chassis and rear tub, for ease when it comes to painting later. All areas go together very well.
After looking at the jerry cans in the kit, they may have looked great 25 years ago but don’t cut it so much now, so I replaced them with some out of a Dragon kit. The camo netting has also had the chop, being replaced with some I made. In this way you can create a much more convincing finished model.
After finishing the chassis I was reading through the instructions and found a mix for the right shade of pink I will need. There, you see… it does pay to read the instruction before you start!