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color pic 3rd post down
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Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 07:17 AM UTC
is that the right shade green used for US armor early 60s? working up the same M48 and wanna get it right. thx
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Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 07:27 AM UTC
A photo would be helpful.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 09:34 AM UTC
you're right lol

http://www.google.com/url?q=https://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%26name%3DSquawkBox%26file%3Dindex%26req%3Dviewtopic%26topic_id%3D163205&sa=U&ei=fQRkU7r9HYaf8QHg-oHIBA&ved=0CBAQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNEcKM2clAffwQbkN-hsgr4Rv_wezA
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Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 12:30 PM UTC
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u244/heydoog/M48%20Patton/M48pintle.jpg

Should be correct. Tamiya Olive Drab is very close.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 10:49 PM UTC
I dunno...that OD seems a bit darker than the pic. olive green, or maybe even testors russian green seems closer
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Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 09:53 AM UTC
I use Tamiya XF 74 which is labled as JGSDF Olive Drab. It looks like the color I remember from back then.

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