Vietnam era models

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I started getting back into building military models. WWII and Vietnam are my favorite eras to build from. My question is from what I have see is OD green the set paint color from factory for both eras?

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I’d have to say that about the only ting common in O.D. paint for the two wars in the name. I have seen variations in the color on the vehicles in the squadrons I had been assigned to. The color will vary from factory to factory and also the cans of paint on hand on the base.

For instance:

Throw in some discoloration from the sun and weather and there are many variations.

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The OD used in WWII is completely different than the stuff used in Vietnam. At least in the post advisory period.

The OD on the ammo cans and used to paint out the white star is the older WWII shade. The base color of the 113 is markedly darker, even under all the dust.

This post Vietnam M60A2 is in the same base color, Dark OD. Compare the mounted Searchlight’s shade of the older OD.

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Oh that phto of the track, 14, is one of those “worth a million words” moments.

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I ask because I’m about to do an AC-47 puff. And did that have just OD or camo pattern

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Very informative you guys. Ty all for posting these pics

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From everything I have seen, it was cammoflaged, similar to this:

The comlete pattern is in the U.S.A.F. T.O. 1-1-4 from the late 60s or early to mid 70s.

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The AC-47 never wore OD in USAF service. The prototypes had a white fuselage top over bare metal sides, wings, and lowers. They quickly gained the standard SEA colors of Dark Green 34079, Medium Green 34104 and Tan 30219 over Black.

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Hello

There are nice articles on that on the Net. They basically say post war Army OD should be dark, and semigloss to gloss. It shouldn’t be too green - look at the photos, more brown and gray than green. Once I had an ammo can for a match and the closest colour to the real thing was Humbrol 66 with a coat of future on top of that - that’s what I use until this day. Hope it helps, have a nice day

Paweł

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Based on what I remember, Tamiya XF-74 is real close.

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Thanks for the all the help,