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Salt Weathering for Semovente

Tojo72

North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Friday, May 02, 2014 - 11:02 AM UTC

I want to salt-weather my Italian Semovente.What color should my basecoat be under the Italian Brown ?

Thanks

SSGToms

Connecticut, United States
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Posted: Friday, May 09, 2014 - 10:13 AM UTC

Hi Tony,
You mean what color were Italian tanks primered in? That's a good question!

Tojo72

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Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 - 04:05 AM UTC

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Hi Tony,
You mean what color were Italian tanks primered in? That's a good question!

Matt,I got one answer on another forum,they said a safe bet would be a red primer smilar to German.

retiredyank

Arkansas, United States
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Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 - 04:06 AM UTC

I believe that tamiya red brown or nato brown would be appropriate.

Tojo72

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Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 - 04:48 AM UTC

thank you Matt