Hi all,

I would like to paint my LAV-25 in 3 tone nato color....the color is Nato green , nato brown and nato black....

For camo paint of this scheme, which color do you apply first ?

Is it green, black , brown or
Is it black , brown , green or

There can be quite a number of combination since there are 3 variables....

Anyone know what is the principle behind camo painting in this case....do we apply the darker color first or do we apply the lighter color first ?

Thanks in advances....

Usually you start with the lighter color, because if you start with the darker you'll need more hands of the lighter one to cover the previous hands.
The more hands you give the more detail you loose.

That's my philosophy and hope it helps.

I usually start with the green, then the black, then the brown. Then I will go back and clean up the over spray in the same order. After that I will lighten all the colors with Tamiya Buff and spray a cloud pattern in each original color.

Pete answered your question perfectly !

If you´re going to built a lav which operates in desert regions you could spray a small border in the desert colours of the area between the nato sheme, e.g. between black and green or green and brown, or between brown and black. but not so much !!!!! less is more ! and if you´ll think were your lav will become dirty and where not.

Hi all,

thanks for the advise....

One questions for Pete.....you mentioned in your post that you go back and clean up the overspray in the same order....what does overspray means in this case ?

I try to clean up and sharpen the edges where the colors meet.

Just an FYI. When a real LAV goes to CARC paint they spray the green and then brown and lastly the black. That doesn't always work from a modeling standpoint. When I was in it wasn't that unusual to see a plain green LAV running around. ( mostly mortar carriers in my expierence)