So I'm down at the tank barn painting grousers for our M5A1s Tuesday
> night. As I'm painting, I'm thinking, man this paint looks really
> good, best OD I've ever seen. I look at the can and realize it says
> 1944 Olive Drab US. Now I'm thinking... Hmmmm...
>
> It looks a little thick, but if I can thin it enough to shoot through > the airbrush...
>
> So the boss man said to bring some containers and I can cop a pint or
> 2 and the acrylic reducer for it, too. I'd like to have a rivet
> counter complain anout the shade now. Well gee we paint our 1:1 scale
> tanks with this and we keep getting noticed for how authentic they > look. Doh!
Sadly, someone will come along and claim that you should be adding a little pale grey to produce a "scale colour" effect. And the second you do that, someone else will claim "oh, it's a little too light"!
Best to ignore them all. You won't please everyone so you might as well just please the only person who matters. You!