Russian Armor Green?

Testors Model Master Russian Armor Green pours right into your airbrush...

According to the Russians and the Mark IA eyeball FS34102 Green is very close and pretty common -- all paint lines seem to carry it.

Cookie Sewell

Cookie, do you know why the 34102 reference was only in the Russian edition, & not the English?

Most of their comments have been on the Internet or interally in Russian-language magazines like M-Khobby or Tankomaster, which few in the West can read. That is probably one reason why you hear so little about it.

Cookie Sewell

No, it's not that I don't accept it, it's just that I thought the news first broke with that Russian book on tank camouflage that got translated into English, & then went OOP. I recall the 34102 being divulged in a caption to a photo in the Russian edition...but the English translation took out the FS 595 reference. I thought it really odd considering how important that info was.

Well, since I translated the book for them (back when Exprint was sort of convinced if you put your books in English they would sell better abroad!) what happened was the original comments were in the authors' English language preface, which was left out of the English language version. That wasn't my call!

Cookie Sewell

I worked with a Russian emigre that had been a Colonel in the artillery. Just for giggles I asked him what color green they used to guns and tanks. His response was, "Green, just green, whatever five year plan had most of."

Not that far off. I've seen modern ones which weather out to every shade of green from black to chartreuse!

I talked about this with Steve Zaloga and his observation was that when new and in 1/1 scale the color was probably closer to FS 34088, but when you "shrink" it to model densities and give it a bit of lightening the 34102 is not far off.

Cookie Sewell

The camouflage on their modern jets was also extremely varied, particularly the ones in the air-to-ground roll.

Pat

That's amazing that you translated it. I don't recall seeing your name in the credits. Well, thanks!

I also don't recall an English preface in the Exprint. I need to go back & have a look.

I also wonder the details of how they determined 34102. My own research into our own OD's reveals a huge metameric effect with the dark camo colors. Chip size, light source, background color have huge effects.

Note that it was the big (A4 size) one with the green cover and not the mini-size version they redid later.

Cookie Sewell

Yes, I just looked.

-Stephen Sewell-

I'm always looking for Cookie. Are you going to be in Anaheim?

Alas, no, have to work this year. Sigh,

Cookie Sewell