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what colour base coat
Easy_Co
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Posted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 06:10 AM UTC
im about to start painting my m109a6 Im doing it as a kfor vehicle the triple nato colours, now Ive read that nato black is the best base colour then i read nato green, bit undecided on what to do never done a triple like this, anyone got any suggestions thanks
MrRoo
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Posted: Sunday, May 02, 2004 - 08:52 AM UTC
I have just learned that you must do the lightest color first then overlay the next lightest color and finally the darkest (in your case black)

the reasoning is that the dark color will cover almost anything easily and it is very hard for the light color to cover the black.

hope this helps
Easy_Co
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Posted: Monday, May 03, 2004 - 05:59 AM UTC
Makes sense to me Mr.Roo good on ya!
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