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II world war figures
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 22, 2004 7:11 AM
Hi.

I have this American and german soldiers from de WW II. I want to paint them, but donĀ“t know wich colors should I use!

The soldiers are from the bigining of the wor. From the regular infantary (USA an Germany).

Can someone please told me what the exact colors that i should use on each parts? If possivel in Revell colors. If not possivel, can be in Humbrol colors.

Yhank you and sory my Inglish
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Posted by cassibill on Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:29 PM
welcome portsmouth
I'm not exactly sure about the German but the Yank is likely a shade of olive drab I'm unfamiliar with either paint line specifics but I'm sure somebody knows more.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:33 PM
Hi there and welcome to the forum.
German combat uniforms in the early stages of the war ( 1939 - 1940 ) consisted of a field grey blouse with dark blue collar and stone grey trousers. This was soon discontinued and replaced with field grey cloth. Tamiya XF-65 - Field Grey has no equivalent in Humbrol. I do not have a Revell color chart so I can not give you an exact color reference. Field grey has a slight green tinge to it and appears more green than grey. As the war progressed, material became scarce and the uniforms by 1944 tended to be more grey than green and the insignia was mouse grey on a field grey backing. Before 1943 all belts and leather equipment were brown in color. After 1943 the leather equipment was black in color.

The USA entered the war in December 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbour and the first US soldiers in Northern Ireland word olive drab ( Humbrol 155 ) uniforms with the M1918 helmet ( similar to the British soupdish helmet ), leggings were canvas and webbing and pouches sand colored. The US retained the Olive Drab uniforms for the duration of the war in Europe. The helmets changed before 1943 to the familiar M1 steel helmet. By 1944 the M1941 combat jacket in olive drab with olive drab trousers were common and in general use.

I hope this helps.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:28 PM
Sure it helps! Thank you both. I will try!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:32 PM
the german unifrom was field gray and at the beginning of the war, the american had sandy coloured uniforms with the olive drab, sometimes brownish shade of pants
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Posted by nzgunnie on Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:29 PM
Humbrol 31 Slate Grey is a pretty good colour for German army uniforms.
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