British modern armoured vehicles

[corsaircorp]

Hello Dears,

I'll ask about the right hue of green for modern british tanks or armoured vehicles.

What is the best Humbroll ref to achieve an accurate british tank ?

I thank you beforehand.

Sincerely.

CC

[ivan-o]

That is a million dollar question and you will get a good few differences of opinion 😀

Personally I use Hataka British IRR green, I have also used a mix of Model Air olive drab,interior green in a 50/50 mix.

good luck 😀

Ivan

[Kingsman]

It also depends how new or freshly painted you want it to look.  The matt IRR green quickly looks scruffy and faded.  I notice that many of the vehicles recently repainted from desert colours seem to have a satin finish and the colour looks a little greener and darker than the IRR green, but that may just be the effect of the satin finish.

[Kiwidave4]

Not sure how modern you are going. I have used Humbrol 86 on Fuchs and Chally 1 which looks OK to me. On my Chieftain Mk11 I used Humbrol 116 under 33 disruptive.

 

The colours change so much in service that anything close as a starter will work with a bit of weathering to soften it.

 

[Graeme]

I always reply to this question that for a Chieftain during the 70's-80;, Tamiya Field Grey is the best match for faded IRR Green

[corsaircorp]

Hello Dears,

I'll thank you all !

In fact it is for a Husky, but I hesitate... Operation Tellic or UK based !!

I think that the Hussars have that vehicule, I'll look for proper decals if any.

More to come soon !

CC