I just ordered some Tamiya paint for my KT I ordered XF60, XF61, and XF64 Are these correct for a 3 color KT paint scheme? Is the the XF60 too green looking to anyone? Thank you in advance.... Harold

You mean the XF61 (dark green)? It's a tad dark, but it works well. You could always mix a little dark yellow with it to lighten it a little.

I normally use the XF58 (olive green) for my German tanks, but when my local hobby shop ran out, I decided to use the XF61 and just lighten it a little. here's the result.


Overall, I'm happy.

Harold,

Alot of us think that the XF-60 (dark yellow) has a bit too much of a green hue to it. I've had the best luck by using Tamiya's white primer as the base coat under it. This really makes it look more beige. By far the worst is the rust oxide primer, it makes the dark yellow look green, and consequently, has a significantly lower contrast in the three color ambush scheme. Right now, I simply use the gray automotive primer. It's cheaper than the Tamiya primer, and gives decent results. It's not as good as the white though.

Some of the guys in our club use XF-59 (desert yellow) as a substitute. Its a bit more tan, and less green. I haven't tried it yet, but I've got some ready for my next German summer camo job.

tamiya desert yellow is a pretty good color to use, i have tried it on some of my 1/35 and 1/16 tanks.............

Those are a good start to work with, you just need to test them with each other to find the right shade you're looking for. Color plates, the monitors color settings are a lot to work with.

Wow those tanks look great OZ!

cheers soulassassin much appreciated mate, if you cant get any tamiya desert yellow the dark yellow is OK but to take out the green tint put in a bit of flesh that works fine,l, as for the green NATO green and for the brown flat brown are also good colors, trying to match German colors is nigh on impossible as the paints came in big tins and were diluted with water or fuel etc, so you could go from a black/green too a light pea green, i used these color paints on my tiger and i think they worked out ok........

I added XF59 to my order of paint. Will see what I can come up with. As you said field applied paint came in un-cut paint to which they added "thinners" of what ever they had even two tanks from the same unit the colors could be off slightly from one another

yep i agree with that, you could ask ten guys about German tank colors and you will probably get ten different answers, but whatever you do i,m sure it,ll look great............