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US desert camo
Becky
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Skåne, Sweden
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2007 - 08:34 AM UTC
I would like some help with colors to paint the current US desert uniform,i especially Humbrol paint numbers.
matt
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2007 - 08:37 AM UTC
The USMC has the MARPAT in desert the Army ACU's are well, one pattern for all then there's the older 3 color desert..........
Becky
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2007 - 09:47 AM UTC
ok, my bad. Not the current pixelized uniforms but the three tone uniforms used before these...
matt
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2007 - 10:10 AM UTC
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/145

You'll need to find some kind of conversion...............
dhmundy
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2007 - 10:20 AM UTC
Great tutorial on paining US uniform paterns at https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/145 lists the colors used for several patterns

hope the link thingy worked
Figure_11
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Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 06:42 AM UTC
There were also a couple SBS articles on Timelines forum about painting DCUs

http://www.timelinesforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=432

http://www.timelinesforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433

http://www.timelinesforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=468

Mike.
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