Hi guys,

following my post about the T-72B1 colours, I checked my stash and realised that "Russian" greens and grey-greens compose about 20% of my paint stash.

10 to 15 years ago, most of us had to rely on Tamiya, Gunze and Vallejo paints (just to mention acrylics). Nowadays, everyone seems to have its own paint brand and, of course, selling "WWII Russian" and "Modern Russian" paints.

Comparing some of these paints, I noticed that the "same colour" is portrayed differently from one brand to another, which led me to believe that at least some are not properly researched or that the same original Russian paint changes from time to time.

The question is: which brands do you think make the most accurate Russian/Soviet armor paints, ranging from the WWII times to a tank that was painted this morning at Uralvagonzavod?

Just this morning I was trying to find the best "yellowish white" for my Meng Buk and ended up with different colour codes from several brands.

(Disclaimer: I realise that weathering, paint batches and surface where the paint is applied on affects the final color, not counting the lighting effects, paper where the photos are printed, etc.)

Back in 1980 as a recently promoted Sergeant, I was sent to Berlin to receive a briefing, on what was then known as the Berlin Military Train. After the to-ing and fro-ing at the border at Helmstedt, the train continued its journey to Berlin via Magdeburg; wow. Sidings packed with T62s,2S1s, 2S3s, MTLBs, BMPs and so on and so on.

To my eyes, even though back then I'd put the hobby on hold, they were all in Humbrol Light Olive No 86.

We are talking 1:35 here - scale colour etc - I'm afraid I concur with Dave (griffontech) here(!)

I've used that ever since on my Soviet armour models - for some reason it seems to come out slightly brighter once airbrushed - and the results normally attract favourable comments.

Brian