Correct colour for British Shermans 1944

[Fenton]

I think I have painted mine the wrong colour
Whats the best Vallejo match for painting these please

Cheers

[fred.]

Pink is wrong 

Russian uniform seems to work well

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Brown violet works well!

[ronan]

Pink is wrong 
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Why ?

[Fenton]

I know pink was fine for American subs...  I think I have some Russian uniform  somewhere I shall try that

Many Thanks

[paulr]

Why ?

That is soooo wrong on sooooo many levels. Personally I find that so disrespectful that I haven't included the picture in this response

[NTM]

Russian uniform is the closest out of the bottle. Brit camo guru Mike Starmer recommends a 50:50 mix of Russian uniform  70924 and Olive Grey 70888

[petercooman]

I used catachan green for mine, they look ok.

[Hertsblue]

I recommend a healthy shade of dirt. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I use Tamyia Olive Drab, both Brits and US.

IanS

[Steve J]

I use Russian Green for mine, as this fits quite well with pre-'44 colours. Prior to D-Day the Brits adopted an 'Olive Drab' that was similar to the Americans, but more green in tone. It works for me, so I'm happy .

[Orcs]

A few of the guys at Tring met a WW2 tank veteran while staying away for the Triples show and he said "they were all a sh*tty brown colour"

The paint quality and uniformity varied considerably even on the factiory finnished versions. After some repainting at workshops or by the crew it would vary even more.

Injust googled "Sherman tank images" and I dont think there are two identical colours evemn on ones in a museum

So any of the options mentioned above (with the exception of pink) would be fine. Pick one that you like and is approximately right. Then plenty of weathering

[get2grips]

Why would a tank be pink???

[Fenton]

Why would a tank be pink???

So it would be camouflaged if it parked in front of an elephant of course

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Not an elephanti pedibus fulvis then?