Am thinking about doing the old Airfix Buffalo LVT for a USMC-theme IPMS club build. I don't know anything about WW II US armor colors. Were USMC LVTs the same O.D. as US Army armor? Anyone have a Testors, Humbrol, etc. paint recommendation?
Thanks in advance,
Martin
According to my Italeri instructionn sheet for that model, they were painted olive drab.Sorry I use acrylics and oils so i dont know the codes for the enamels.
This isn't really my subject but I remember reading years ago that the LVTs were commonly painted in three schemes. Some were plain OD as Arcusinoz says, some were in plain grey and others were in a multi-colour camouflage. Zaloga wrote an Osprey book on armour in the Pacific theatre so you might find what you want in that.
Gordon McLaughlin
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