Needing a good olive drab for Nam era Hook!!

Hey Gino!!

The Testors Model Master Olive drab look like just what I need!!

I'M SOLD!!

AWSOME Huey  by the way!!

Mark

gdarwin wrote:

Gino what number is the testers in the can? is it # 1911,i have used it before,good color.

That's the one.  Works for me.

Testors OD from the spray can looks the closest to me.  I used it on my UH-1H Dust-Off recently.  Here is how it turned out.

The Krylon Camouflage Ultra-Flat Olive Drab looks too dark to me.  It is closer to modern Helo Drab Green as seen on current US Army helicopters.

Hi Mark,

Nam Hooks were generally a lighter OD (never heard of a dark one in nam), with lots of smudge weathering.

Take care,

Frank

Mark,

Here is a list of different ODs from various paint manufacturers (courtesy of the color chart from the IPMS Stockholm site). I have always used MM Olive Drab, so I can't comment on the other paints. http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_fs.htm

HTH,

Alby