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I need Help with 3 color us desert camo
kenneth
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: March 24, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 12:28 PM UTC
Hello i need some help with painting the 3 color us-army desert camo. I'm ussing the Tamiya colors XF-57 Buff, XF-60 Dark Yellow en XF-68 Nato Brown.

I have allready painted one figure scale 1/35, en my probleme is that you can hardly sie the diverense between XF-60 en XF-57.

Wath color can i use to make the XF-60 darker???

thanks for helping my

Kenneth
Holland.. Excuse me for my englisch
jazza
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: August 03, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 02:30 PM UTC
ah yes i had this issue as well with my figures. Try mixing a little Khaki colour to the Desert Yellow. This will darken it slightly making it more visible when you apply it on the Buff colour.
kenneth
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: March 24, 2006
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Posted: Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 02:39 PM UTC
Thanks.....
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