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Colour of Belgium vehicles c1940
iamheaminot
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Posted: Monday, April 01, 2019 - 09:30 PM UTC
Help!
Best colour to paint Belgium vehicles in 1940.any help appreciated.
Frenchy
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Posted: Tuesday, April 02, 2019 - 12:05 AM UTC
According to the ex-owner (Victory Memorial Museum), this Sarolea 38H side-car has retained its original 1940 color :





A mix with Tamiya paint is given in this thread about the Belgian Army T13 tank destroyer (but I don't know if it matches the pics above...) :

https://warpaints.net/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=9637&sid=c0a0cf11fb8dc455cb52479b2ce7fa56&start=60


2/3 XF62 + 1/3 X9

H.P.
iamheaminot
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Posted: Tuesday, April 02, 2019 - 06:20 AM UTC
Thank you Henri-Pierre
That's about the same as in Blitzkrieg Armor.
Also thank you for the link. I will try the mix and see what happens.
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