Tamiya Challenger II - Operation Telic, Basra 2003

[f1matt]

Not sure if this qualifies as a diorama. It`s just a simple street scene.

Anyway. Here is my Chally II with some simple mods and Verlinden figures.

Its probably hard to see but most of the upper surfaces are covered in paint chips. All applied by hand, one by one. My references showed substantial chipping on many Challengers in Iraq at that time.

Scratchbuilt coffee cup for some local colour aka garbage.

This was built and photographed quite a few years ago. Thanks for looking.

matt

 

[moon puppy]

Nice touch with the coffee cup

 

[reconron]

Looking good,Matt!
That heavy chipping you don't see much on modern armor in model form,...looks superb!

Yeah,the coffee cup is a nice touch.

Greetings,Ron.

 

[jknaus]

Nice Simple yet very effective setting. Really like it
James

 

[Sherman 18]

Nice very nice!

 

[agentg]

Nicely done!

G

 

[f1matt]

Thanks all! :laugh:

@Ron - The heavy chipping on the real vehicle in my references is what inspired the build. As you say it isn't too common in this era. It was time consuming, but fun.

matt