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Oooooppps - cancel that paiont order. Thanks for clearing that up. I'll go the XF-62 route with some fading.
Well it's not a dead loss as you can use the Bronze green as a dark preshade.
As for the fading, remember, these tanks were painted spanking new and were only in the field for 3 months in the winter/spring before the war ended. There was very little time or UV to fade the paint. Lighten it a bit with yellow for scale effect, but don't fade it. You can then dust the crap out of it to show heavy use if you like.
One interesting thing you might want to try is to consider the effects of painting the tank in the field. Lots of times tools, accessories, and even tires were all painted by the broad swath of the paint gun. The squaddies weren't too particular as to what got painted and what didn't, as long as nothing critical, like periscopes, was obscured. Occasionally they would even mask off the registration numbers and paint arount that leaving an SCC15 tank with, perhaps, an old LIght Mud background for the old registration numbers. There are a number of details you could find to indicate that this is a repainted tank. Would make for something different.
HTH
Paul
