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Leopard II colors
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 11:27 PM UTC
Has anybody any suggestions on the leopard II colors?
I'm building the Italeri/Testors in 35 scale in German markings
I was thinking the Nato colors
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 11:52 PM UTC
Hi David,

If you mean the three-colour camo scheme, I use Tamiya's NATO Green (XF-67), Nato Brown (XF-68), and NATO Black (XF-69). These need to be airbrushed because Tamiya acryllics are a nightmare to hand-paint. The wheels and areas under the skirts are usually plain green.

Hope this helps!

Tom
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Posted: Friday, February 24, 2012 - 02:26 PM UTC
Thanks I'll use those I just bought them today
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Posted: Friday, February 24, 2012 - 09:13 PM UTC
Thin them with Tamiya thinner, and use a quality brush, to hand paint.
As an aside, the German army use a standard camouflage scheme for their vehicles, so get some good reference pictures.

Henk
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Posted: Friday, February 24, 2012 - 10:26 PM UTC
For Nato colors, I use from Lifecolor UA142 (green) and UA087 (brown), and from Gunze H77 (black).

I don't use Tamiya OTAN colors because it seems too dark, and black isn't black but a sort of grey.
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Posted: Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 02:59 AM UTC
Thanks
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