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MassimoTessitori
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Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 01:19 PM UTC
I have a pair of British tanks still to paint, and I would know what shade of green is more appropriate (possibly on Tamiya, Humbrol or Gunze choices)
- Churchill Crocodile in 1944
- AS-90 with black/green camouflage.

Thank you for any help.
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Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 01:36 PM UTC
For the AS90 I personally use Mig Ammo NATO green and AK interactive NATO Black, if you want to use tamiya then you could use their NATO green and black, personally I think the green is a bit light but it would still be ok.
For the Churchill I'm not sure as I only build modern British
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Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 01:56 PM UTC

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and I would know what shade of green is more appropriate (possibly on Tamiya, Humbrol or Gunze choices)
- Churchill Crocodile in 1944

Thank you for any help.


SCC 15 : Tamiya 5 x XF61, 2 x XF62 and 2 x XF3

Thanks to Mike Starmer :

http://www.mafva.net/other%20pages/starmer%20camo.htm

Grz,

Sam.
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Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 02:06 PM UTC
Hello,

for the modern green (As-90), I would use a mix of tamiya field grey, olive drab and nato green. I have to look into Osprey book for an accurate formula.

Moritz


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Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 02:35 PM UTC
Hi,
thanks for the quick answers.

For the Churchill, from Mafva:


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1944 – 45 The final change in colouring came in April 1944 when A.C.I. 533 authorised S.C.C. 15 Olive Drab for use as the new basic colour, partially to remove the need to repaint US supplied vehicles. S.C.C. 15 Olive Drab was used to cover the obsolete S.C.C. 2 in M.T.P. 46/4A patterns or on its own, particularly after the abandonment of disruptive painting with A.C.I. 1100 of August 1944 except on vehicles still in S.C.C. 2.



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S.C.C. 15 Olive Drab.
Mix: 150 + 159 + 33 in ratio 5:5:2. A reasonable match is 159 + 33 in ratio 8:1. Dyed tilts can be represented by Humbrol 150.
In use: Introduced April 1944 in A.C.I. 533 as new basic colour with or without S.C.C.1A or 14 disruptive paintwork as M.T.P.46 for operations in N.W.Europe and Italy .
Description: Fresh olive drab, a very dark drab inclined towards green. Unlike the US colour which it resembles when new, this fades green. Noticeable contrast with black and less so with S.C.C. 1A. Definitely NOT blue-green or like any Humbrol colours.


So, a very dark olive green.




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Yes, please. I think to understand that it's more grey and olive than the NATO green of Tamiya. I wonder if it could be the same color of the Churchill.

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