I recently purchased the Hobbyboss GMC 2 1/2 ton truck, and need some suggestions as to the correct olive drab color. The instructions call for Humbrol khaki, but that’s more brown than green. What do you guys suggest? Any ideas, in enamel or acrylic enamel, would be appreciated. Thanks,
Jim
I like Testors Olive Drab.
The reality is that there’s no one, or two or even probably nine correct colors. A problem is that its a color that fades quickly.
Testors recently came out with Olive Drab No. 8 in their Model Master line, which theoretically should match the Army Ground Forces WWII color of the same name. The USAAF in WWII used a different darker shade, Olive Drab 41 for most of the war. But yes, when all else fails, Testors square bottle OD that has been around since Christ was a Corporal is a good starting point for US Army WWII vehicles.
Vallejo OD Primer is my usual starting point then Tamiya XF62 OD
Your paint choice is dependant on what you can get, what you are comfortable with using, & what looks good to your MK1 eyeball.
As above, everything else is (ill or well informed) opinion, & the colo(u)r you see on (e.g., a PC) screen may or may not look nothing like the real thing, so go with what you think looks good.
Here is a copy of an old article from Steve Zaloga on OD
http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/olive-drab/4536/
I love to use Valejo OD primer, then Valejo OD or a Tamiya mix
Rounds Complete!!
Same with panzer gray and dunkelgelb,and Soviet WWII green,many diffrent shades and looks.
What he said X2
I would go with acrylic. I’ve found that the base color is not that critical on the finished product. Using shading techniques and weathering with OD pigments is the key to realism and the most important, with OD, is the DEPTH at 1/35th scale which is technique related:
As you can see in the example below, preshading and post pigment application give the irregularity and depth that mimics a vehicle in the field under extreme use and environments:
Lightening shades of OD based on the way natural light will hit the vehicle is mandatory when finishing.
Finished model displays the techniques as stated above. I encourage you to use pigments and the airbrush to acheive the desired realism:
regards
Steve