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Chipping color for Germany Grey?
him_15
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Posted: Friday, April 24, 2015 - 07:41 PM UTC
Hi folks, I would like to what is the correct chipping color for Germany Grey AFV? Light grey or Brown? Any advise would be really appreciated!
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Posted: Friday, April 24, 2015 - 07:51 PM UTC
Try NATO Black.
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Posted: Saturday, April 25, 2015 - 02:08 PM UTC
Vallejo German Camo Black Brown is often recommended for down to metal chips; if that's the kind of chip you mean. Scratches on the paintwork that are not down tothe metal, or for the edges of the chips, then the NATO black sounds like it makes sense (in fact I might try that out...)
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Posted: Saturday, April 25, 2015 - 02:39 PM UTC
Shouldn't it be oxide red? NATO black seems like it would be for light chipping imo.
him_15
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Posted: Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 12:16 PM UTC
Thank you for your kindly reply! I will give NATO Black a try then!
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Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015 - 07:57 PM UTC
Red primer surrounded by a thin ring of a light grey works well...
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Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015 - 08:08 PM UTC
So, it could be: dark camo brown right in the centre where it had got down to the bare metal, red primer around the edge of that, NATO black along the top of that where the chip edge is in shadow, light grey on bottom edge where it is in light... Now practice that keeping to about 1mm high by 2mm across...! Not really, but combinations of those might also provide some random looking variety.

Lots of ideas, just got to try it and see what looks best...
him_15
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Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 05:20 AM UTC
Thank you for you guys's advises! One question though, does early Panzer Grey (1938-1941) also use Oxide Red Premier?
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