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Modern German armour colors.....
Joker
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Monday, October 24, 2005 - 09:08 AM UTC
Hi,
I'm doing a little researce for a friend who is building a Leopard 1 and needs to know the Model Master paints used for the three color camo .
The colors he's looking for is the red brown and green. He uses Model Master (of which I'm not familiar with).
Can anyone help?
Cheers
joker
2CAVTrooper
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 06:10 AM UTC
The colors I use are:

Medium Green MM#1713 (FS34102)
Flat Black MM#1749 (FS37038)

I'm out of the Brown, but I believe that I use
Military Brown MM#1701 (FS30117)



There are no NATO colors offered by Testors in the Model Master line, but they do have the colors in their Polly Scale/Floquil line:

Floquil - F505350 NATO Tricolor Black (FS 37038)
Floquil - F505352 NATO Tricolor Brown (FS 30051)
Floquil - F505354 NATO Tricolor Green (FS 34094)


HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 06:27 AM UTC
Above colors are good. I like to use Field Drab, MM# 1702, FS# 30018, as opposed to the Military Brown. Military Brown looks too red-brown to me. The colors don't stay that bright for long, and the Field Drab looks closer to what I have seen in the field.
blaster76
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 06:43 AM UTC
I use the field drab as well. An early Leopard 1 could also be painted green drab all over. I saw lots of them in Germany in 77 this color before we all went into the Nato scheme later on.
Joker
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Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 11:29 AM UTC
Thanks men
Cheers
Joker
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