Mirage Tank - C&C Red Alert 2
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31 24 July 2021, 10:46
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Finally made enough progress on this silly idea.
I wanted to recreate the Mirage Tank from Command & Concquer: Red Alert 2.
The Mirage Tank of the Allies can camouflage itself as a tree, ready to ambush Soviet units coming to close.
The unit icon depicts a Challenger tank with its distinctive camouflage generators attached to the turret. So that's what I went for.
I reduced the size of the generators a bit so that I can still use the extra armour on the turret and added some greebles to, hopefully, make them look a bit more interesting.
Didn't do a lot of scratchbuilding yet, it's far from being perfect. On this particular project there wasn't a whole lot or complext stuff I built, it still took several hours.
24 July 2021, 11:04
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Another Red Alert 2 fan reporting! This looks very promising as the base tank is right. I have been thinking of scratchbuilding Prism Tank on my unused Leopard chassis parts, but haven't dared to deal with the tracks and there are two or three possible designs; the thumbnail image, cinematic animations and the gameplay pixel model. Hard to choose.
24 July 2021, 19:27
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Thanks a lot, S M!
I get what you mean. Hull and tracks are somewhat offset on the Prism Tank. It would be some rather complex operation on the Leopard and a lot of scratchbuilding.
Would love to see you tackle it one day! 👍
24 July 2021, 21:29
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Welcome James!
Main colours applied. I decided to use Desert Yellow and Light Grey for the generators and armor.
In the game most of the units of the Allies sport some blue colour but I liked the yellow tank, which I've seen on the unit icon and some artwork better.
The sideskirt has only been dryfitted right now to see how it looks.
I found the sideskirts and some other parts already warped in the box, which makes attaching them a bit more complicated.
19 August 2021, 16:58
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I really love Red Alert builds, and yours is one of these lovely builds, nice and neat project
19 August 2021, 18:40
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Thanks Ahmet. 🙂
I fixed some overspray and painted some details.
Gloss coat and some pictures will follow soon, hopefully.
23 August 2021, 11:22
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Gloss coat and probably most of the decals are done.
Next will be some wash and weathering.
I am not sure how far I want to go with the weathering. I don't like it completely clean but I also don't want to go too heavy on scratches and dirt.
31 August 2021, 20:11
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It could be pretty clean, because it is mainly camping and doesn't get hit being unseen.
31 August 2021, 20:17
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"Nobody's here but us trees!"
The Mirage Tank is completed.
I spent the last few days creating a simple base to place this tank on.
At first I thought about scratchbuilding some trees to get a bit of verticality on this little vignette, but there already was a huge tree in the middle...
Jokes aside, I decided against it to keep it a bit more simple and to save some space on the shelf. There are many more projects I want to do anyways and the one or other aircraft I have in the pipeline will need a lot of space for themselves, like the Mi-26 or the 1:48 scale for jet's I discovered for myself.
This was a fun project. I did some very simple scratchbuilding for the generators and tried some products for the base.
Detailing dioramas/vignettes can be a lot of fun I think I will explore this further in the future.
The decals are from the same batch as the ones I printed for my Rising Squall Hornet. Quality was okay for a first try, but I could not get rid of the silvering completely.
I think in the future I'll get them printed and print only simple stuff myself, like text or numbers. Not being able to print white is a severe problem.
More Mark Fit will probably be used, too on future decals.
I tried a lot of different lighting in the photos this time, that's why there are a lot of photos of the finished tank. Daylight would be best but I haven't found the right spot yet.
Thanks mates for your interest. 🙂
13 September 2021, 10:25
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Well done! Especially the photo 30 is like the thumbnail from the game 😄
13 September 2021, 16:54
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I like your idea of a camo generator
Haven't seen it yet- that's a real what if 😁
I also like the grey color of the addon armor
13 September 2021, 17:04
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Looks good ...... I didn´t quite catch the idea of the Wunderpanzer, is it a "what if" or an experimental tank ?
14 September 2021, 08:04
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Thank you very much, mates 🙂
Your kind words are much appreciated.
Simon and Neuling, the tank is based on the Mirage Tank, a unit of the Allies from the game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2.
The unit icon depicts a Challenger Tank with these camo generators added to its turret.
With these they can appear as a tree and lay in wait, ready to ambush unsuspecting enemy units.
I am not sure if it still counts as "what-if" being from a game, but it is definitely a cool concept and was one of my favourite units from Red Alert 2.
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I would love to do a Tesla Tank one day, too.
14 September 2021, 10:58
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i like the ideas of unusual models always a nice change
at the moment I am planning a scrapyard vehicle like in mad max or death race!
i´ve seen some inspiring pictures in the last time
15 September 2021, 17:06
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Haha, thanks!
Yeah, my first scale model tree 😄
I try some silly stuff like this from time to time. They are indeed a nice change of pace between "normal" projects.
Yes, I've seen some great Mad Max models here on SM too, should be fun.
17 September 2021, 06:32
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I don't know the game, but the tank looks 😎. I'd rather not ask about the function of all the attachments, is probably ROC
23 April 2022, 12:40
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Большое спасибо. 🙂
@Torsten: In the game all the attachments makes it look like a tree to the human eye.
But yeah, it's kinda ROC. Red Alert is full of such stuff.
14 May 2022, 13:07
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Thank you very much, Bobby.
It took me some time as I only have the "Grass Master Five Digits" 😄
19 May 2022, 06:39
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Allied Mirage Tank from C&C Red Alert 2.
The unit icon depicts a Challenger with strange "boxes" added to the turret. These camouflage generators give the tank the ability to appear as a tree to others looking at it.