US Airborne colours

[Timothy]

Hey

First I'd like to say I'm new to this forum and hope to learn useable techniques and tips from this site. Ofcourse I'll do what I can to help others with problems, but since I have a small amount of tips to offer I will be asking more than helping


Alright, on to the TOPIC:

I've started collecting ww2 U.S. airbornes a while ago. I have two sets of Dragon's 1/35 U.S. army airborne (NORMANDY 1944) and am very pleased with how the models look.
Anyway, I can't get the right colour for the uniforms. It's very hard to get it right.
I paint with revell colours, but mostly humbrol paints, since they are better for military models imho. :lol:

Please help me out, I'll be grateful!

cheers,

Tim

 

[Anders Heintz]

Hey Tim!

Welcome to the Planet! I am confident that you will find a lot of help and inspiration here. As for the paratrooper colors, I am not sure with Humbrols, but there are several people here who uses them and maybe they can help you out.

I think it depends on what color you are doing, and what they para's are wearing. If they are wearing the M-42 Jump Smock, paint them in a tan color and if its the modified M-43 they should be a darker green. Do a google search for M-42 Jump Smock or M-43 Field Jacket and I am sure you will come up with sufficient results!

 

[jaime]

Hi Timothy, I hope thi can be usefull:

COLOR BASE; tierraAC-40+uniforme japones AC-4+uniforme ingles AC-2.
luces color base + tierra , un poco de blanco a la mezcla de las ultimas luces
sombras;color base+uniforme ingles y un poco de ***** a las ultimas luces.

All colours are from Vallejo

Look: http://membres.lycos.fr/MiniatureZone/arti.../santos16-s.htm

 

[Bert Takken]

For uniform base color use Humbroll 187 (quit a tan color)
usefull links could be
http://www.themodelmakersresource.co.uk/facts/facts003.html
conversion Humbroll Testor
http://www.hat.com/ColorsWWII.html
Uniform colors
http://www.coloradominiatures.com/index.as...tom&ID=5#desert
Uniform colors
Bert

 

[megroot]

Hello Timothy,

Welcome to the planet where your skills going sky high.
I 've been here for about 8 months and i learnd so many.
I doesn't now anything about military colours, just khaki, buff, pantzer green ed.
You have to trust the earlier answers from Anders and Bert, they know a lot about the military uniforms.

Greetings Marc