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lifeisgoodin29
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 Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:44 am Post subject: olive paint |
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| I am looking for a source for olive grun paint for a 1970 german army thing. Anybody have any ideas? thanks Eric |
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Semper_Dad
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:52 am Post subject: Re: olive paint |
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| lifeisgoodin29 wrote: | | I am looking for a source for olive grun paint for a 1970 german army thing. Anybody have any ideas? thanks Eric |
Any reputable auto paint store can get you what you need. May have to go to Palm or Desert Springs though. I've been to 29 and there's pretty slim pickins there.
In adittion to color, what are you looking for the finish? Do you want the drab or gloss. Being in 29 I would have though you would want to go with the desert colors.
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lifeisgoodin29
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I want to do a resto on it so that is why I want to go green. I do like the idea of desert tan though. |
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Semper_Dad
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| lifeisgoodin29 wrote: | | I want to do a resto on it so that is why I want to go green. I do like the idea of desert tan though. |
Wishin I could do this Desert MarPat
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citroen
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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this is the stock thing green with the simi gloss finish if you like this color brother can get you the paint code it was just mixed for us this summer
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Captain Spalding
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I've always favored Flecktarn. |
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Semper_Dad
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Spalding wrote: | | I've always favored Flecktarn. |
So did NATO
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Semper_Dad wrote: | | lifeisgoodin29 wrote: | | I want to do a resto on it so that is why I want to go green. I do like the idea of desert tan though. |
Wishin I could do this Desert MarPat
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What program did you use to make that? COOL! 
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Semper_Dad
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What program did you use to make that? COOL! |
Google sketchup (it's free). It's actually 3D and you can make your viewpoint from anywhere. I had to add the seats and the wheel. You can import the 181 and trailer from the librarys. I think the original color was orange. Then I gave it a "re-paint" using a a sample of MARPAT I found on the internet.
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| Semper_Dad wrote: | | Captain Spalding wrote: | | I've always favored Flecktarn. |
So did NATO |
And me! 
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I've always wondered how they did the camo tops. Did they just paint the top when they did the rest of the vehicle?
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| SilverThing wrote: | | Did they just paint the top when they did the rest of the vehicle? |
yes.
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Semper_Dad
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That's the base color. The camo was usually done by the NATO unit itself.
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Captain Spalding
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| Nijyboy wrote: | And me!
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Now that's what we would call "Woodland" Camo. When I say flecktarn, I mean something like this:
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Red, yellow and blue make olive. you can mix away til you find the tint you are after! |
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Here is Kubelmann's Guderian Division (Northern France Campaign) camo paint job as a radio car
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