British armour Green in Normandy

[FreddBloggs]

Anyone recommend a good paint colour for this?

[tim.w]

I tend to use vallejo Russian Uniform - the lighter one.

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Plastic Soldier Company does a range of rattle can sprays including one for British tanks. They are also doing a deal of 6 cans (I gather they can be any mix, including all of the same type) for £30 - they normally retail for just over £11 each. It's £9 P&P, as they have to be hand-delivered (aerosols, don't ya know), but still bloody good value.

https://www.theplasticsoldiercompany.co ... ies/paint/

[FreddBloggs]

Is the british khaki any good?

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Yes. To the point that, when I ordered the six-can deal myself a couple of weeks ago, I included two more of them as my original one has had a lot of use (WW1 British infantry, also a Whippet - since resprayed green as it hides the printing "ridges" better - and a Mk IV tank, 1940 French, and 1941 Sikhs, who needed a primer/undercoat anyway and I wanted to see how it looked as their skin colour (not bad, as it turns out - second coat this weekend).

[FreddBloggs]

Excellent. Thankyou.

Sikh skin colour comes out well with contrast gulljman flesh over ordinary light brown.

[FreddBloggs]

That is a great deal.

tempting to order a second set to get early war colours and russians!

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Just my opinion, but the Russian tank green is also good as a base colour for the early-war French and Japanese camouflage schemes.

[FreddBloggs]

I have 1941 in 15mm sat, perfect way to kickstart that project.

[RMD]

Humbrol 159, which is identical to Valejo Russian Uniform.