British Sherman colors,

dougeagle · Post by **dougeagle** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:54 am

Hey all,

I hope everyone is having or has had a great Thanksgiving weekend...the time where we all can sit down and gorge ourselves on some good bird. Amazing at how much room you can fit in your gut when it comes to that time of year huh

Now, off to my question. In my search for answers, I have found that different gamers recommend different colors for the British armor, be it Sherman or other. If they were right off of the boat, they would have been the US Olive Drab, but once they were getting repaired in the field, they were usually of a Bronze green color or Khaki Drab color. Yet, others suggest a light shade.

Some advice would be nice for this topic.

dougeagle · Post by **dougeagle** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:57 am

Oh, yeah...I forgot to mention that I have been on Armoured Acorn several times to get an idea. Its either Olive Drab or Khaki Drab or Brown on there.

Gort · Post by **Gort** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:08 am

I second the Armoured Acorn site. Just amazing.
http://www.armouredacorn.com/index.html
Also check out these two sites:
http://milifax2003.tripod.com/home03.html
http://www.matadormodels.co.uk/tank_museum/5_camo_1.htm

As for what I use :

SCC-2 Brown : Tamiya XF-52 Earth

SCC-15 Olive Green/US OD : Tamiya XF-58 Olive Green 1:1 Tamiya XF-49 Khaki
This gives a faded OD. For newer paint I just increase the amount of green in the mix.

These provide the base over which I black/brown wash and then weather. I'm not saying that these are the right colours, just that they are the right colours for me.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steve

Mickel · Post by **Mickel** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:00 am

I use Humbrol 159 khaki drab or bronze green (don't remember the number) for the dark version, both over a white undercoat. I was very happy with the way the 159 turned out.

Mike

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:14 pm

I concur with the Humbrol colours - Khaki Drab 159 is probably the closest to the Brit colour but at this scale I often paint my Brit Shermans in Humbrol 155 anyway, as I can't tell any difference.

Maybe I'm just getting old

rct75001 · Post by **rct75001** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:34 pm

my vote for humbrol 155 or 159 as well - again I have been applying them slightly diluted over a white base coat - i'm happy with it.

on my 20mm armour i have used a 50/50 155 and 159 - again I like it and a number of others have commented positively. Interestign thing is - none of my friends that i game with have ever seen the real thing so not sure of our frame of reference.

richard

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:32 am

For scale and wargame table viewing my choice in Humbrol colors for UK armor are: 150; 159 for Fireflies and some re-painted Shermans and also 86 for
re-painted Sherman IIIs and V and Cromwell tanks. Comets are done in 117.

There is also evidence of the Bronze green on late-war armor. For this i use
75.

Troy

CA-68 · Post by **CA-68** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:54 pm

Does anyone know where Humbrol paints might be available here in the US? Id like to give them a try.

Thanks!

DrBig · Post by **DrBig** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:24 am

CA-68 wrote:Does anyone know where Humbrol paints might be available here in the US? Id like to give them a try.

Thanks!

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