What is the corect olive

Troy,

  That's a dang good question.  Basically any shade of OD is correct for Vietnam!  That's right, if you look hard enough you will find almost every shade of OD on a Vietnam Charlie somewhere.  I'm kinda partial to the Model Master enamel OD (FS 34087), but I bet you will get lots of opinions.  Lately I have been mixing custom acrylics using the Vallejo line of paints.  Their OD (70889 USA olive drab) is definitely way off and looks more like modern helo drab. However, a touch of "golden olive" (875 and actually a good match for chromate green) and you get a pretty good match at least in my mind.  You can even get "faded OD" in the Model Master line.  It's pretty hard to go wrong if you're just doing a generic Charlie. Of course your best bet is to try and match the bird you want to build. Any idea what unit and markings you will be doing?

    Ray
 

Thanks Ray,

Im not sure of what bird.  I havnt even purchased a kit yet.  I was eye balling the Academy special edition kit.  Thanks for your response.

DURR wrote:

the one in the martini

Or the one on the pizza.