I'm doing a Bulldog tank and wondering what colour to paint the soldier's uniforms. The directions say dark green and points to their pants, nothing about the jackets. I have Tamiya Dark Green XF-70 but I'm thinking it looks too green??? I would have thought olive drab but with the tank that colour I'm afraid everything will blend in.
Any suggestions or sites that show uniforms?
Darren
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U.S. army uniform colours - Korea
das
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Posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 02:49 PM UTC
grunt26
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Posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009 - 02:57 PM UTC
If you have access to Vallejo acrylics, use 893 Dark Green, its a dead on match for US Army uniforms, from the M43 issued late in WWII, through Korean era unifroms, and into Vietnam era as well.
Good luck,
Rod
Good luck,
Rod
das
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Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 01:53 PM UTC
Thanks for taking the advice, unfortunately the local hobby shop carries only Tamiya, MM and Testors enamels. I took Olive drab and lightened it a bit with white so it's at least a shade different from the tank.