I think I have painted mine the wrong colour
Whats the best Vallejo match for painting these please
Cheers
Pink is wrong >:(
Russian uniform seems to work well
(http://www.kerynne.com/games/images/BritArm/churchill1.jpg)
Brown violet works well!
Quote from: fred 12df on 28 March 2014, 05:24:13 PM
Pink is wrong >:(
(...)
Why ?
:D
(http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1364735&d=1375499476)
I know pink was fine for American subs... I think I have some Russian uniform somewhere I shall try that
Many Thanks
Quote from: ronan on 28 March 2014, 06:14:45 PM
Why ?
:D
That is soooo wrong on sooooo many levels. Personally I find that so disrespectful that I haven't included the picture in this response
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
I used catachan green for mine, they look ok.
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff441/petercooman123/DSC02667_zps1adeca8d.jpg) (http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/petercooman123/media/DSC02667_zps1adeca8d.jpg.html)
I recommend a healthy shade of dirt. ;)
I use Tamyia Olive Drab, both Brits and US.
IanS
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 :).
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
Why would a tank be pink??? :o
Quote from: get2grips on 29 March 2014, 08:40:15 PM
Why would a tank be pink??? :o
So it would be camouflaged if it parked in front of an elephant of course
Not an elephanti pedibus fulvis then?
Quote from: Fenton on 29 March 2014, 08:49:27 PM
So it would be camouflaged if it parked in front of an elephant of course
Obviously that...duh :P
Why else?
Desert Pink was the Middle East base coat colour from October 1942 until Light mud was introduced in April 1943
Unless, of course, the elephants were camouflaged. They are very good at that sort of thing. :-\
Can you spot the elephants in these photos?
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCiYVohXKchNKHHLShlzO62UAE1I-SD_E8jOkeHkGWNmUzQPPf)
(http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/images/480/96000-96999/96998.jpg)
Quote from: NTM on 29 March 2014, 09:22:24 PM
Desert Pink was the Middle East base coat colour from October 1942 until Light mud was introduced in April 1943
Thanks NTM :-bd
Thanks FSN, as ever, you are the elephant in the room :D
You callin' me fat?
Quote from: fsn on 29 March 2014, 09:35:18 PM
You callin' me fat?
I have carefully read G2G's email and he does not mention the word "fat" anywhere. He calls you an Elephant
African maile elephant weighs 6800KG
Indian male elephant weighs 4990KG
So applying the logic and assuming you weigh less than 3500kg or 551 stone you are positively anorexic. :-\
It also means that your penis is Six and a half feet long - dwarfing FKs claimed Sixteen inches. ;D
I think whatever you have FSN it must be catching, because since you joined this forum I have increasingly bizzarre thouhts.
551 stone? OK. I've got a few stones leeway.
These aren't bizarre thoughts. They're your inner thoughts leaking to the surface.
At least that's what Dr Basilisk says.
Quote from: fsn on 29 March 2014, 09:22:32 PM
Unless, of course, the elephants were camouflaged. They are very good at that sort of thing. :-\
Can you spot the elephants in these photos?
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCiYVohXKchNKHHLShlzO62UAE1I-SD_E8jOkeHkGWNmUzQPPf)
(http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/images/480/96000-96999/96998.jpg)
In the second, of course. But where is it in the first?
A clue ... the lady is sitting on it!
The Elefant in the room?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Ferdinand3.jpg/800px-Ferdinand3.jpg)
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IanS