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US Army colors in Vietnam

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 4:53 PM
These uniforms faded quickly and in the end the hues ranged from a light bluish green to gray greens and tannish green. Definitely a huge range of shades and choices available to you.

 

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Posted by Ryan1021 on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 9:18 PM
Thanks for all the help guys.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:53 PM
I use 2 parts insignia blue
2 parts yellow
1 part black
1 part white
I add more white to the mix for highlighting, and more black for folds and wrinkles
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Posted by Keyworth on Friday, May 5, 2006 9:59 PM
In addition to conventional and unconvention uniform items issued by the US in Vietnam, there were many variations on South Vietnamese military and paramilitary uniforms, Thai-pattern uniforms and good old NVA outfits to choose from for US troops, depending on duty assignments.  Gives a modeller quite a bit of leeway depending on your creativity.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 4, 2006 1:01 PM

Hello,

The most common Army color used in Vietnam was Olive Green army shade 107 (OG-107).  It was first used in Korea, and it was adopted to provide a deeper green than the olive drab of WW II.  If your going with the camouflage colors of vietnam you have a lot of variety to play with.  Not only did the US have their styles, but in field they used many Vietnamese designs which I think were based on French camouflage.  If you do a goggle search of OG-107 you'll find a number of military dealers who are selling vintage uniforms with photographs so you can match a color quite nicely.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 1, 2006 7:13 PM
My typical mix is Humbrol 94 with a touch of black, then some white. In a different ratio, this also works for Field Gray. Milage varied from one blouse to another, for colors, so you have som room to experiment.
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Posted by cassibill on Monday, May 1, 2006 4:55 PM
I used Olive Drab (testors square) and like the results. OD Green didn't turn out are well.  Sea Blue and Yellow added to Olive Drab are the shadows and highlights. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:52 PM
I always start with a base coat that is aproximately the color I want. How you proceed from there depends on what kind of paint you're using.
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Posted by grandadjohn on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:11 PM
Standard uniform was OD but quickly faded
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US Army colors in Vietnam
Posted by Ryan1021 on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:57 PM

I did some searching and found some post regarding this topic but I have some more questions.  I plan on painting some figures and was thinking of using a flat green as the base color and then fading the uniform from that point, is this a wise choice or will the color be off? 

Thanks.

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