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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 07:38 PM
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Question Show your TANK!! please
I'm scouring the web for photos of custom-painted tanks and would like to see photos from HDF members. SHOW YOUR TANK, please
 
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Not very custom colored but a fine OD is good for most!
that was bad, wasn't it?
 
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by harleycharlie1992


that was bad, wasn't it?
Nope, that was good! BEat me too it! 😊
 
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glad to see, that a plan "B" exists!!
 
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Originally Posted by harleycharlie1992


Not very custom colored but a fine OD is good for most!
that was bad, wasn't it?
With a tank like that. I can't imagine the respect you get on the roads. Traffic just clears out for you to roll on through, I would imagine.
 
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Tanks,for the mammaries.!
 
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Just do 3 coats of jet black and put something on the tank where the emblem was like a pot leaf then cover it ,the whole tank with 4 coats of clear. And your done !
 
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With a tank like that. I can't imagine the respect you get on the roads. Traffic just clears out for you to roll on through, I would imagine.
I never thought about that!! that explains everything now!!!
 
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