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Soviet Cold War armor camo color
canismalus
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Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2017 - 02:05 PM UTC
Hey everybody,

I'm planning on building Trumpeter's T-64BV for the upcoming Trumpeter campaign. I want to paint it in something else than plain Soviet green so I've been thinking about using the three-tone camouflage pattern that was used in the 70s and 80s. This is how the painting instructions in the kit itself render this scheme:



I've never seen the very light gray color they recommend in any photo reference, though, only the darker, more bluish gray color seen in the following photos:





Does anyone have any photo (or any other) references for the green/black/very light gray scheme that Trumpeter uses? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Jerry
canismalus
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Posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017 - 02:11 AM UTC
And the bump!
andymacrae
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Posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017 - 02:35 AM UTC
The colour they recommend for the grey is MR Color H57 which is close to FS36231, a dark bluish grey, the light grey is just poor colour artwork.

Regards,
Andy
canismalus
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Posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017 - 03:27 AM UTC
Andy, thanks for replying, and the color reference. I suspected something of the sort.

Jerry
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