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AFV Painting & Weathering
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
Canadian cougar color
mmarchioli
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Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 07:04 PM UTC
Hi all - I need a little bit of help. Can any one tell me what the FS color is or an appropriate manufacturers green color for a late Canadian Cougar? I have the trumpeter kit for the improved cougar that I want to build.

Thanks for the help
Mike
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Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 08:34 PM UTC
Hi
when I built my C2 Mexas, I was told to use Tamiya NATO green for the current Canadian green.

HTH
Olivier
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Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 11:53 PM UTC
Hi,
NATO Green will work fine on it. I use to operate them a few years ago.
1721Lancers
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Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 03:08 AM UTC
Hi Mike,
here´s mine from the APC/AFV Campaign. I used a mix of Humbrol 86 and 31 (enamels) in a 1 to 1 ratio with Revells
thinner, for the other green i used Revell 86, I think it´s
called yellow olive or Nato olive. Hope it helps:







Paul
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Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 03:27 AM UTC
Hi,
may I point out. The Jerry cans will be a semi gloss black. Looking at the handel of it, it looks like a water jerry can. And the straping of the jerry can would be a flat Olive Drab.


Also to note, we mainly painted our Cougars NATO Green and NATO Black schemes. Not saying yours is wrong, it's right. But all I worked with was the Green/Black combo. Or just pure NATO Green.

More of the trucks are painted NATO 3 colours in our fleet.

Other than that,
Looks like a good job,


Just remember to plug in the drain holes before going into the water.
mmarchioli
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Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 04:33 AM UTC
Thanks guys! Tamiya NATO Green it is!

Mike
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