t-34 shades of green

r13b20

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April 2014

t-34 shades of green

Posted by r13b20 on Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:31 PM

I just started a Tamiya t34/85 tank. The instuctions call for xf-61 dark green, which I don't have. The local "hobby" shops are too severely limited to be of any use. I do have an old bottle of Polly S green(no lable). Here is the question: Will almost any dark green work to start with? I see differences in the pics on the web, but this might be because of fresh paint or the color of my monitor. Any tips are welcome and thanks. Bob

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 10:47 AM

i'd pick whatever green you want, add some gray and some yellow and weather/fade the crap out of it. Smile [:)]

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r13b20

Member since
April 2014

Posted by r13b20 on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:21 PM

Thanks Goat. I was begining to think this thread was invisible. Kind of like the Viper one I started in the sci-fi forum.Your "tag line" is great! Very appropriate for the subject. Russian green! LOL

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MonsterZero

Member since
July 2003
From: Chicago, USA

Posted by MonsterZero on Friday, February 24, 2006 8:38 AM

If you can find olive green I recommend it but otherwise use anything that looks "military" enough. Soviet supply of paints for their tanks was very irregular during WW2. Sometimes tanks were painted with whatever green paint could be located and in utter desperation even shipped unpainted.

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DURR

Member since
July 2013

Posted by DURR on Friday, February 24, 2006 10:14 AM

yes they as long as it was green used it

i saw a picture (b&w) but it had a line of 5 tanks you could see 2 were a diff shade of green in the picture

i wish i could remember where i saw it so i could send you the link tou see for your self

also 2 things

1 several paint co. have a color they call russian armor green it is a rather light olive drab

2 tamiya paints are wonderful paints to use but there color selection is too generic and you got to do a lot of mixing to get the colors right

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Jeff Herne

Member since
January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, February 24, 2006 2:49 PM

I typically use model railroad Pullman green for late-war Russian equipment. It looks real dark when it's applied, but after you weather and drybrush, and if you post-shade, it comes out looking just fine.

Jeff