Model Forum / General / Models / July 2008

On Jul 25, 6:12 pm, mando.villarr...@wnco.com wrote:

No idea what Testors had in mind. There were four camouflage colors
authorized for German equipment in North Africa, superceded at the
very end by Dark Yellow. For color matches to hobby paints and
historical context, go to: http://www.miniatures.de/int/colour-ral-farben.html
If you just want to know if you can use the paint you have, of course
you can. Just add a drop of blue to take down the orange a bit.
Bear in mind that many batches of Dark Yellow (Dunkelgelb) from hobby
paint companies, including Tamiya's, come out a bit too green. It
should be a tan color, so there you'd add a bit of red to take down
the green. Of course, German paint companies might have had the same
problem, so perhaps some German tanks were greenish. Once the model is
properly weathered, the point is probably moot.
Gerald Owens