A question for those who use MM enamels. Dragon instructions generally give sandy brown (#1706) as the yellow base coat on German WWII armor (as well as the early Sherman), however, I just got a bottle of it that I ordered and now that I see it, it seems awfully light to me (and the color on the label just says ‘sand’). Will it dry darker than it appears in the bottle? Is this the most accurate color I can get in MM enamels (they’re the easiest for me to get, although I can get Tamiya paints, but I’m a little scared about airbrushing acrylics)? I have used MM panzer dunklegelb (#2095) but it seems to have a slight green tint to me, and doesn’t really match photos I have seen on the Dragon box art and other finished German armor kits. I realize that the whole color thing is not an exact science, I just want to get as close as I can. Thanks, Pete
Well one thing I do is take a small paint brush and take a dip or whatever you call it and put it on the cap so that I know what it looks like when it’s dry. Hope that helps on something.
I use 2095 for my WWII German armor. You may want to look at 4711 MM Acryl, which is called armor sand. It’s a little lighter, but doesn’t have a green tint to it. I used it most recently for the second color on a firefly I just finished. Looks good.
In general, all paint dries a tad bid darker than it looks when wet, but not too much. I use 2095 on my tri-color schemes and Sandgelb (unsure of the # right now) for Afrika Corp or solid yellow Kursk era builds.