Having read and seen so much on pre-war Wehrmacht AFVs in tricolor camo, I wanted to know if anyone can recommend a paint manufacturer who has the required three "flameproof camouflage colors":
Nr. 17 Erdgelb-matt
Nr. 28 Gruen-matt
Nr. 18 Braun-matt
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Anyone make pre-war German Tricolor paints?
bill_c
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Hi
Me again. Coupled to that, this might be of interest and use, conversation to your favourite brand it sayes.
http://www.paint4models.com/
Alan
Me again. Coupled to that, this might be of interest and use, conversation to your favourite brand it sayes.
http://www.paint4models.com/
Alan
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So the short answer is: nobody. 
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I also look for good pre-war colors, and found on Ace-modelīs webpage the colors: dark-grey(or mustard yellow), dark green and dark brown. (also no exact colors)
So perhaps you should mix your own set.
greetings...
Soeren
So perhaps you should mix your own set.
greetings...
Soeren
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So perhaps you should mix your own set.
Hi, Soeren,
That's always something I can do, but I generally find the color references online to be misleading and imprecise, so I was hoping I could buy something ready-made. Some manufacturers like Polyscale, Testors and Lifecolor have done a superb job in coming up with accurate versions of WWII colors.
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....and then you lighten them for scale effect, over the new fad "modulated" background to give depth etc, then apply washes and pigments, to end up looking nothing like the "genuine" colour if you held it against it anyway
Happy hunting
Seriously though, you could contact DOA paints. He seems very approachable on these sorts of things, maybe he'll make a set.
Alan
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....and then you lighten them for scale effect, over the new fad "modulated" background to give depth etc, then apply washes and pigments, to end up looking nothing like the "genuine" colour if you held it against it anyway
Too true, my fried.
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Seriously though, you could contact DOA paints. He seems very approachable on these sorts of things, maybe he'll make a set.
That's actually a really good idea. In an area where DOA is competing with the "big guys" (well, bigger, since none of them are really big), it could be a point of differentiation.
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So the short answer is: nobody.
Are you sure Bill
?http://www.jpsmodell.de/katalog/jpsedw_e.htm
but finding them online appears to be another story...
HTH
Frenchy
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Posted: Monday, June 21, 2010 - 06:38 AM UTC
White enzine (sp)paints out of the u.k. do produce the early pre-war paints
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White enzine (sp)paints out of the u.k. do produce the early pre-war paints
Hi
can't see it listed. Have you a different link ?
http://www.whiteensignmodels.com/acatalog/Armour_Colours.html
Alan
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Are you sure Bill
http://www.jpsmodell.de/katalog/jpsedw_e.htm
but finding them online appears to be another story...
HTH
Frenchy
Damn, Frenchy, you ALWAYS have the 411! LOL
But, yes, getting them in my possession would appear to be something of a challenge. I tried emailing him and it bounced back. Called him on Skype and got his message machine.
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Perhaps German WWI armour colours may provide a clue? I suspect the brown they used was the same from their A7Vs.. same green as well.
The Wehrmacht wasn't big on change. Note the predominance of
horses.
Look for roughly the same colours the French used. The German brown had tones of violet in it, though.
The Wehrmacht wasn't big on change. Note the predominance of
horses.
Look for roughly the same colours the French used. The German brown had tones of violet in it, though.
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Posted: Saturday, July 03, 2010 - 02:32 PM UTC
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... The Wehrmacht wasn't big on change. Note the predominance of horses.
But as the Russians and Poles pointed out a broken-down horse could be eaten.. a Jeep? Not so much.
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