I need some expert advice on the colour of my m18 hellcat.The first base coat of olive drab was strait from the bottle,i used Tamiyas XF62 which was too dark.so i added some Tamiya buff to lighten it but it was still too dark.so i have just added some dark yellow to the olive drab green and i think its a lot lighter,what do you think?Thanks in advance oh the gloss on the paint is future!

Looks good to me! Nice base color to start from for all that weathering ...lol, Good job.

Rick

The only time I liked XF-62 was to show a "wet" look on soldier uniforms. It is WAY too dark for an average OD color, even counting in pigment variations that were common place at the time. I just use ModelMasters OD. But it does serve as a good color for preshading and a base coat to add on a lighter OD.

But, yes, your pictures do look fine. The model looks good overall thus far.

Jeff

Karl,
I think the color looks good. Except for the tracks the M18 is a great model isn't it?
Tamiya's OD is way too dark to use straight on a green model. I have been mixing 40% white with 60% OD. Havn't tried the MM OD but will give it a try.