Hello all

I treated myself to the Dragon 1/6th Sherman and Willys jeep and
looking for the correct paint colour. I have had s quick look around
but there seems to be a lot of differences so if anyone has
any suggestions I’d be grateful.

Thank you.

Regards.

Alan

Hi some nice kits there you need to decide if your going to do an early or late version for each model and then search for the colours for that time. You may be lucky to find a dedicated paint set for the era you wish to depict.

But I would point out if your doing a pristine fresh off the boat paint job then the colour will need to be exact for the time period but if its been in the field for a good time then fading/wear ect will give a general faded/worn olive drab type finish.

If doing a winter paint job you need to think of an olive drab base with a white wash type overcoat showing traces of the olive showing through on the places that had extra wear like the edges of the doors and places where equipment was loaded/removed ect.

Also google for pictures as you will find plenty of them out there to give you ideas on the look you want.

Hope this helps.

Andy

Hello Andy.

Thanks for the info. I’m planning, for the tank, to use
Canadian markings around D-Day.
Same era for the jeep but in American markings.

I’ll look into the paint kit-that’s sounds ideal.

The tank, by far is the biggest model I’ve made but
it really is impressive. Didn’t think about a build diary
but sounds a good idea.

Regards.

Alan

Hello Al

I will do a build diary.

The Sherman kit is huge, there aren’t many of
these around-took me ages to find one at the right
price too!

Regards.

Alan

This will be interesting to watch how about some tank figures and crew for the Jeep Olive drab is the way to go regards Phil

Diary it is.

Here’s the first picture!

Hi awl

Can you start your build diary in the Military builds diarys and did you see the link for the paint. Link to diarys:-

http://forum.model-space...aspx?g=topics&f=160

Andy