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Danish vehicles - the best green paint match?
kubisz
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Wojewodztwo Slaskie, Poland
Joined: February 18, 2007
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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2013 - 12:47 AM UTC
I'm looking for the best paint for green colour as seen in Danish modern vehicles camouflage. Like this ones (from Polish units, but this is Danish camo):

http://www.mercedes-wolf.pl/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dunczyk_61.jpg
http://www.mercedes-wolf.pl/wp-content/gallery/24_dd_odrestaurowany/dd_26_odr_8.jpg
Please help, what paint should I choose.
Nito74
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Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2013 - 01:50 AM UTC
mmhh.. I would pick Tamyia Olive Drab XF-62 // TS-5.
keo
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Nordjylland, Denmark
Joined: January 30, 2006
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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2013 - 02:20 AM UTC
I’ve mad around 60-70 different Danish vehicles the last two decades, so I feel I may be able to help you there too. Some years ago I managed to get some authentic army color which I’ve used ever since. As this is not commercially available I can’t suggested this solution.
After having base coated my models with this, however, I go through a series of over sprays, hand painting and repainting of errors. And to this I have to mix colors that are close to the base color. And so, here are my suggestions.
For a base coat I’ll recommend a mix of the following Tamiya paint; XF-81 (Dark Green 2 RAF) with some drops of XF-4 (yellow green) and a few drops of XF-52 (flat earth). I can’t offer you specific mix ratios but compare with your reference (and remember – no two vehicles are alike especially when weathered). An alternative to this is a mix of Vallejo 327 Italian Tank crew and 70.888 Olive Gray; I am personally not a fan of airbrushing Vallejo colors but I know many who claim it is easy.
For shades I use Vallejo paints. Their two green shades, 76.503 and 76.512, actually work out fine with Danish vehicles too, especially .503. In addition to these I also mix Retarder, glaze medium with the following paints 70.893 , 70.894 , 70.823 , 70.888 and 327.
Hope this will sent you in the right directions .
gcdavidson
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: August 05, 2003
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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2013 - 02:53 AM UTC
I would say XF-62 is much too dark out of the bottle. I would start with 62 (OD) or like Kenneth says, 81, and keep adding XF-60 (Dark Yellow).

bison126
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Correze, France
Joined: June 10, 2004
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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2013 - 04:55 AM UTC
For my Centurion, I used a mix of XF67 and XF4 to get the light green.

Here is how it looked before the weathering.


and once done


Olivier
kubisz
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Wojewodztwo Slaskie, Poland
Joined: February 18, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, December 28, 2013 - 05:25 AM UTC
Thanks for all replies I see that there is no proper paint out of the bottle...
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