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AFV Painting & Weathering
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
Italian modern tank monochromatic green.
n-treni
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Italy
Joined: April 27, 2011
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Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 07:56 PM UTC
Hi to all. I'm quite new to this topic. I asked to vallejo, lifecolor and so on but it seems that no one know the correct color for the current italian military vehicles like Centauro, Ariete, VCC1, etc.
Can anyone help me please?
Thanks to all.
retiredyank
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Arkansas, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 08:18 PM UTC
Tamiya Olive Drab, Russian Armor Green, Bronze Green. These are only guesses. I think it allows for a little artist's perogative. Heck, painth one orange with purple flowers on it. It may not be accurrate, but it would be memorable.
Spiderfrommars
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Milano, Italy
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Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 08:44 PM UTC
Ciao Andrea, benvenuto

Following some italian magazine which described Italian centauro builds

Tamiya olive green xf 58, but you can use also the Nato green xf-67

Here a tread that can be useful for you

http://www.modellismo.net/forum/statico-work-progress/70197-militare-w-i-p-blindo-centauro-b-1-esercito-italiano-trumpeter.html

you can use also Italian olive green produced by modelmaster

http://www.art-paints.com/Paints/Enamel/Model-Master/International-Military/Italian-Olive-Green/Italian-Olive-Green.html

Or

Lifecolor Ua416

http://www.astromodel.it/ua-416.html

or (a little bit darker)

Lifecolor Ua 414

http://www.astromodel.it/ua-414.html

I hope this is useful for you

Ciao

grunf
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Genova, Italy
Joined: October 25, 2005
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Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 09:20 PM UTC
Ciao Andrea
I agreed with Mauro I'm using nato green to paint my Ariete with sotisfactory results
See information also on www.smf-modellismo.net
ciao
Piero
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