Has anyone used XF-71 Interior Green for use in German Tri-Color?
I have heard it is a great choice for late war camo.
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seabee1526
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Posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 - 07:29 PM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 05:58 AM UTC
Very late in the war, Olivegrun was replaced with Resedagrun RAL6011. Ammo MiG and AK Interactive both include a lighter "Resedagrun B" shade in their late war german paint sets, for which XF-71 might be a passable substitute. I'm not sure how widely this colour was actually used, if at all. Most colour illustrations show the darker Resdagrun shade.
But the whole question of accurate German late war colours is a constant source of debate, not helped by lack of colour pictures and colour chips with provenance. Colours varied very much depending on how the pigment paste supplied was thinned into paint, how well it had been made, how it was applied and over what base colour. There has been some discussion over whether a light green primer sometimes seen in open-top vehicle interiors was used externally too. This would be about the same shade as Resedagrun B, noting the potential for variation, so the two could be confused.
But the whole question of accurate German late war colours is a constant source of debate, not helped by lack of colour pictures and colour chips with provenance. Colours varied very much depending on how the pigment paste supplied was thinned into paint, how well it had been made, how it was applied and over what base colour. There has been some discussion over whether a light green primer sometimes seen in open-top vehicle interiors was used externally too. This would be about the same shade as Resedagrun B, noting the potential for variation, so the two could be confused.
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Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2017 - 07:31 AM UTC
I replied to your identical post over on Missing Lynx. For the benefit of other readers here, Resedagrun B was more towards light lime than sky. So I still think XF-71 is being confused with a little-used interior primer green rather than an exterior colour - noting some debate about whether that green primer was ever used as an exterior colour (in the same vein as red primer) as paint ran short and anything available was used.
If you want late-war German colours, what's wrong with the Ammo MiG or AK Interactive sets or individual colours? They appear to be well-researched, even with matching (expensive!) books. IMHO better paints than Tamiya too.
If you want late-war German colours, what's wrong with the Ammo MiG or AK Interactive sets or individual colours? They appear to be well-researched, even with matching (expensive!) books. IMHO better paints than Tamiya too.
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Posted: Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 08:22 PM UTC