Model Forum / General / Models / June 2006

Supposedly there was a Panther captured by the French then used in
Vietnam that was pink.

I gave my daughter an old Aurora Panther that was reboxed with a
Monogram P-51. I helped her paint it pink.

Dunno about Panthers but I once read an article on converting a Tiger to a
later version. I think it was written by Chris Ellis? Anyway, there were
pictures of the model before the final paint job which showed the model in a
sort of harlequin pattern of pink undercoat and white plasticard to show
where new panels had been added. Sure enough the very next book I opened on
real tanks showed a picture of a newly-built Tiger being rushed to the front
in Italy. It was painted in a mixture of pink and white undercoated panels!

(kim)

I'm confused about whether "Panther" means an F9F or an Sd.Kfz.171  :-D

The SAS used to use (and possibly still do) landrovers for patrol in the
desert which were painted pink and referred to as "Pink Panthers". Tamiya
actually marketed a kit of one.
http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=TA35076

For deployment to the desert, shortly before the Gulf War, many RAF aircraft
were repainted in a sand colour that was known as "desert pink", even though
it didn't look in the least bit pink. These aircraft rapidly became known as
"pink panthers".