wow i guess it's so dumb no one is even going to answer

I'm by no means a expert on anything allied but I'll venture an educated guess............




If your asking were there any US vehicles painted in 'grass green' or 'bright green' or another shade of that hue of green I'd say no. Not as a rule but consider...there are hundreds of variations on O.D. depending on the original mixture, fading rate etc. so there probably are vehicles painted OD where there was less yellow in the mixture or a lot of the yellow has faded out leaving various shades of green, brown-green or kaki.

Someone may now step in and correct me if I'm totally off base.
Cheers,
C.

Not receiving an answer after two hours - on a holiday - does not indicate disinterest.

The were vehicles in yellow, red, and gray, but tactical vehicles were procured almost exclusively by the War Department (the Army) and painted olive drab. (Which is actually a brown, not a green.)

About the only thing really noteworthy that wasn't OD were early LVTs purchased by the Navy that were Ocean Gray (IIRC).

There were a wide variety of camouflage patterns applied, however, some quite colorful.

KL

as for OD there is no definitive shade, due bleaching by the sun, dirt, grime and general effects of the weather, wear, tear and the occaisional splash of white wash wearing off after winter.

cromwell

Here are two pictures of the two shermans i have done so far the one on screen left is painted with testors OD and the one on the right is painted with krylon Italian olive which going by the cap and label color was a nice lighter shade of od which should have made for a nicer sun bleached final product but what i got was what you see. So i am guessing that color is way off base right for an American vehicle since i only build American military.

Atleast the figures are coming out good and when i add the weathering to them they look nice. four down 15 more to go.

If you go through all the usual weathering steps of washes, dry brushing, little chips, filters and dusting ... as I do ... you´ll be surprised how similar in colour these two could end up. Thats why I never get too hung up on the "exact" colour.

Yeah i don't do that any more i stopped i was brow beaten into doing it at all by the club i was in and i hated doing it i like clean, crisp, freshened, washed parade ready models for display not a model trying to look like a historical item. So i guess i am left with going out and buying some giant cheap rattle cans OD from wally world to get the look i want.

Thanks guys for color advice

Hello,
I do know that some vehicles were painted in two or three tone camo in Italy and the Pacific. Here is a website that shows some of the different colors and weathering for US vehicles in WWII.

http://www.afrikakorps.org/usafvcolors.htm


I hope this helps.

Jeff

PS: The only stupid questions are the ones not asked!

Well, if what you want is the very clean, brand new OD then the best, from-the-bottle mix currently available is Tamiya XF-62. There is some discussion as to whether current batches have changed colour recently, but still the XF-62 will give you your best "new OD" result.

Wally world paints won't even be close.

Just an FYI.

Paul