I have diffiuclties to find the exact and best colour for the US ARMOR used in IRAQ
THE US MARINES SAND from Modelmaster/Testor seems to be too dark
IF you look at the pics the armor colour in IRAQI is really light
1)OR DOES US Military Vehicles use different SAND COLORS? Like MArines use a draker sand color and US ARMY Lighter? Is that possible?
2) I FOund this in the forum QUOTE "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MM Armor sand is the correct name (1704 armor sand 30277) and MM has also 2136 US Army/Marines Sand " UNQUOTE

ARE THE 1704 and 30277 MODELMASTER/TESTOR too?
THE 2136 US ARMY colour is damn too dark


CAN ANYONE HELP Me on that subject to find the best US MILIATRY SAND COLOUR used in IRAQ?

Poly Scale has a U.S. Desert Storm Sand #505364. It is not as dark as the MM30277. MM also have a color they call sand, which is the lightest of all three #33531.
Can't help you with which would be correct for a particular situation. Hope this helps some, and maybe some one on here can give you a more definitive answer.
Regards,
Joe

I use MM 33722 part no.1963 which is a spray can labelled Modern Desert Sand.

Rob

Euro_Pro_USA,

Model Master US Gulf Armor Sand (part no 2136) enamel, which is a really good match for a vehicle straight from the paint shop. To lighten it I use MM Sand in about a 30/70 mix to tone it down. As far as the paint in the pics you're looking at, a Tank is just like anything elses paint job as in the paint fades with exposure to the sun and elements. Other factors contributing to the color being different on the real vehicle are how old the paint at the paint shop was and also how well they mixed it. It is not uncommon to have a fresh paint job on a tank and have some spots darker than others.

Hope this helps you some.

SSG Stephen Magee

If you want your vehicle to look like this


Then you want to use MM 2136 US Army/Marines Sand. I have found that both MM Armour Sand and MM Sand are too light.

Remember that the sun can affect how the PICTURES fo the vehicles come out...you could take 10 pictures of the same vehicle, all from slightly different angles, at the same time of day, and still get what look like 10 different shades of color.