British AFV Desert Colour

[diases]

Hi Guys.

Do any of you experts out there know if British AFV's have a standard base colour, then Sand Yellow overlaid onto it.

I have the Challenger 2 TES and Warrior TES to build and would like a very worn look (Sand Blasted?), so want to get the correct colour layers incorporated.

 

Cheers in advance

Paul

[Longbow]

Green.... The sand color tends to wear pretty badly, and the green shows through.

 

[diases]

Cheers longbow.

I thought that would be the case.

 

Paul

[Kingsman]

The colour is Light Stone BS361 from the BS381C colour standard.  It is the same Light Stone 61 colour from BS381 as used during WW2.

[diases]

Cheers Das, Thats more info than I expected.

I'll have to research the best match for it.

 

Cheers

Paul

[Kingsman]

That I can't help you with.  I do know that AKI believe that their Warm Sandy Yellow is a match, and sell it as such in some of their paint sets.

 

Examining "the most correct colour" usually opens a large can of worms, wiggly, Mk1.  This same subject came up over on Missing Lynx recently where I posted some swatches of the same theoretical colour.  Rather than repeat it all, look here - https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/british-fv510-warrior-tes-h-aifv-best-sand-yellow--t325445.html

Edited October 28, 2020 by Das Abteilung
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