[WWI] German color question - was "Accurate colours"

[Brad & Merville]

For "Pea Green" try Mr. Kit PC10.  ; )

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From: "Diego Fernetti" <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: [WWI] German color question - was "Accurate colours"


> John!
>>I do not do German models, yet I find myself with a D.III on the bench.
>
> Sneaky Jerries!
>
>> Can someone give me a decent color match/mix using Tamiya Acrylics for 
>> the top-of-wing colors (Dark
>> olive green, pale whitish green, and rust brown) and the underside of 
>> wing colors (sky blue).  I
>> am particulrly confused about the pale whitish green as I've seen models 
>> & color profiles ranging all
>> over the place ...
>> Thanks, and please note "decent match", not "exact" ...
>
> Because the pale green was the latest "discovery" regarding to camouflage 
> colours in D type Albatrosen. I have read about the colour called "pea 
> green" in some source (perhaps the Jasta I Special Datafile?) so I gues 
> that you can get it too wrong if you have that in mind. Personally, I have 
> painted my Albaros D.II wing in a colour I feel it's too deep green, but 
> once I realized it the ing was dry, and I wasn't in the mood for mixing 
> again and stripping the wing.
> D.
>
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