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Which colour for pre war T-35?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 06:23 AM UTC
Hello all,

my Hobbyboss T-35 is now primed and needs some paint. What is the Soviet pre war colour and what are good paint matches (to buy or mix)?

Thanks,

Thomas
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Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 07:51 AM UTC
It would have been either 4B or 4BO, depending on the year it was built. They were nearly identical.
Tamiya XF-81 + XF-4 (2/3 to 1/3) is a good match.

http://www.4bogreen.com/colors




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Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 08:12 PM UTC
4BO came in in 41ish. https://www.migjimenez.com/img/cms/PDF/russian-greens-leaflet.pdf
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Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 09:27 PM UTC



Neil Stokes (who owns the 4BO site.) wrote the book on KV tanks. He did extensive research on the subject.
Mig Jimenez is a big modelling brand, but their research is not the best.
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Posted: Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 02:21 AM UTC

Quoted Text

It would have been either 4B or 4BO, depending on the year it was built. They were nearly identical.
Tamiya XF-81 + XF-4 (2/3 to 1/3) is a good match.


Thanks Marc!
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Posted: Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 03:04 AM UTC
You're welcome,

Here's some more info on the color mix:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/soviet-4bo-green-tamiya-equivalent-t322004.html
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