| Shardik | 20 Nov 2008 1:08 p.m. PST |
One post I've read on TMP lists the helmet colour as Vallejo Violet Brown, which corresponds to Tamiya JGSDF (?) Brown. Were the helmets actually brown, or should I mix a little green in with the brown? Talking about the earlier, D-Day uniform. |
| KeithRK | 20 Nov 2008 1:12 p.m. PST |
Vallejo Violet Brown is a pretty much exact match to Testors Olive Drab. It's not really brown. |
| Shardik | 20 Nov 2008 2:06 p.m. PST |
Okay….so Vallejo's Olive Drab isn't olive drab?? |
| Sundance | 20 Nov 2008 2:40 p.m. PST |
Vallejo Olive Drab is olive drab, but not US OD Green. Vallejo Violet Brown is pretty much perfect, as Keith stated. |
| Tachikoma | 20 Nov 2008 3:08 p.m. PST |
The US Army had multiple shades called "olive drab". |
| Shardik | 20 Nov 2008 4:12 p.m. PST |
Soassuming that Tamiya JGSDF (?) Brown matches Violet Brown (as per Vallejo's equivalency table), it's the right colour for US helmts? Does this apply to infantry as well as paras? |
| AndrewGPaul | 20 Nov 2008 4:32 p.m. PST |
Soassuming that Tamiya JGSDF (?) Brown JGSDF = Japanese Ground Self Defence Force; what they call their army. |
| jgawne | 20 Nov 2008 4:34 p.m. PST |
all WW2 US helmets came from the fatory painted in the same shade- even those detined for the Navy. |
Blind Old Hag  | 20 Nov 2008 9:33 p.m. PST |
Yup, no difference between paratroop and others helmet colors. Generally speaking. |
| Shardik | 20 Nov 2008 11:44 p.m. PST |
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| combatpainter | 21 Nov 2008 4:54 p.m. PST |
Another who recommends Vallejo's Violet Brown. |
| zoneofcontrol | 22 Nov 2008 7:14 p.m. PST |
I use Vallejo's #2 – "Violent" Brown to paint the skid marks from a near miss. |
