greetings armorama,

i'm volts. sir anyone? what can i use in my LAV 25 PIRANHA and M1A1 sent to the desert? buff, dark yellow, sand or desert yellow?
how about for the arab armors and vehicles sir like the GAZ 66.

thanks
volts

Model Master Sand is the perfect match for modern US vehicles painted for a desert environment (or so I've been told). However, M1A1s (OIF Marines and Army) and LAV-25s (OEF/OIF Marines) could be found in three tone NATO camo as well as overall sand. Hope this helps.
Kyle
BTW Welcome to Armorama VOLTS.

I used a technique that was described in the April/May 2004 edition of Tamiya Magazine on the Tamiya OIF M1A2 model. Mine were an Amtrac, M113 and a Pirana. I first primed in pale grey then mixed XF57 Buff with XF63 Dark Grey until I got a colour that looked nice to my eye.
I then sprayed a coat of pure XF57 Buff in a 50/50 thinners/paint mix which was sprayed mainly into the centre of the panels. I then used that mixture with a couple of drops of XF1 White and XF55 Deck Tan well thinned so as not to destroy the previous colours.

Once dry I used subtle [I think so anyway] oil paint washes and filters to get the effect that I wanted.

Hope this gives you some more ideas.

John