"Sand and spinnach for Russian helos" Topic
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| alan L | 13 May 2017 2:58 a.m. PST |
Looking for Vallejo colours suitable for painting 6mm Hips and Hinds in the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Alan |
| Lion in the Stars | 14 May 2017 4:00 a.m. PST |
Try green ochre and Russian Green. |
| alan L | 14 May 2017 10:56 a.m. PST |
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| NKL AeroTom | 15 May 2017 1:28 a.m. PST |
I have seen images of Hip's being the standard grey and dark grey… In this image they seem to be variations on light olive green
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| alan L | 15 May 2017 3:34 a.m. PST |
Great picture, especially the towers on the hillside in the background. |
| NKL AeroTom | 15 May 2017 5:11 a.m. PST |
Looking through a bunch of Mi-8 pictures from Afghanistan, the green or grey-green seems to be quite common. (I'm also trying to work out what color I'm going to paint my hips when they arrive…) I put together a small album here:
imgur.com/a/SiFwq A couple of images:
Airborne insertion! – note the heat covers over the exhaust ports, must have been late in the war.
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begins to think about terrain for Team Yankee.
