ww2 101st airbourn uniforme colors

You might try the movie Saving Private Ryan, they show some airborn troops. or Band Of Brothers , its all about the 101st. hope this helps!

I don't know what uniform he is wearing.
There are two options.

1- M42 Jumpsuit. Worn during D-Day. This is the classic jumpsuit.
It is kind of a light olive color. Check atthefront.com to see their repro looks like.

2- M43 Uniform. Worn Market garden on. This looks more like a traditional field jacket.
The pant were often modified with leg "cargo" pockets. Thecolor was more greenish.
Almost a light forest green. They did fade to a lighter green color. Type M43 Jacket on EBAY. You can view picture of some there. How is the figure? I have read bad reviews of the figure.

There is a good Squadron/Signal book on the 101st. Try to describe the uniform and I'll post what I can find in the airborne book tomm. Hopefully I'll remember to grab it before I leave the house.
Try to find a link to the kit. Maybe I can figure it out from a pic.

I use Tamiya Acrylics for US infantry. Ive done Dragon's 101st Airborne D-Day and I used Dark Yellow for The pants and Paratroop Jacket. I also use Kahki-Drab for the coats and red-brown for paratrooper boots. Whatever looks the best.

hi . thanks for all your help, in the pic for the model box he is wearing what looks to be an od tunic and light kaki pants the 101st flash is on the left shoulder. the kit is from Hasegawa and it is 1-24 scale. thanks all.

gdarwin

Check out this web site.

http://101airborneww2.com/

Look under the "uniforms" link. The Guy who runs the site is an WWII 101st Airborne historian who's got a large collection of original uniforms, patches and artifacts. He's also written several books on the topic.

Looks like you've got your colors. Good luck!!

many thanks for all your help,i should be able to paint my fiuger now,.i have started ti paint to motor ,so wish me luck,thanks agian for the help.

gdarwin