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.
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Danish vehicles - the best green paint match?
kubisz
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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2013 - 12:47 AM UTC
Nito74
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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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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 .
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 .
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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).
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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
Here is how it looked before the weathering.
and once done
Olivier
kubisz
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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...