I have a T-34 coming mailorder. I was wondering what dark green should I paint it? Is the regular dark green I painted a universal carrier good enough or is there one better?

Thanks

Hasty

well, just the other day I found a MM acrilycs called russian armor green, I think is the color stated on the side, have sprayed one coat over some pre shading, and it looks pretty good to me... but any color that looks good to you is what you should go for

Bender

It was so hectic in Soviet factories during the early to mid war at times that there really was no set standard on a specific shade of dark green. There were frequently different shades which could be distinguished from one another upon close inspection. Factor in heavily weathered vehicles and you could almost go safely with just about any dark green paint.

I personall use the MM Russian Armor Green and weather it mildly with dry-brushed pastels.

Tried most.

I prefer to use Tamiya acrylics. The combination of XF58 (Olive Green) x 5, XF2 (Flat White) x 2 and XF3 (Flat Yellow) x 1 gives as close a 'standard' colour as I think you will get.

For highlighting I increase the XF2 in progressive lighter spray stages until it is equal in ratio to the XF 58.

Hope this helps.

Trackpins.
Peter.

Just to throw another kink into the works: I was always told that Tamiya XF-61 (Dark Green) is a good color for Soviet armor and have been using it with good results.

I used for my T-34 Testors' 1710 ( dark green ) but you can use any shade of dark green (black green, olive green). Soviet were using mostly olive green dye