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This has been a struggle, and I know you will think I have grossly belaboured the point, but getting the
Finnish 3-Colour camouflage scheme right had been something of an obsession. And while I was
somewhat satisfied (or is the word 'resigned') to my last work on the scheme - where I think I got On the workbench...
close to the actual colour mix of the scheme - I received an email from Andreas Lärka (of
• Skyrex 1/100 SU-122
Andreaslarka.net fame).
• 1/100 Scale T-34 Model 1943s
Andreas very kindly got back in touch with me - after having looked at my blog - with the following
suggestion for the 3-Colour camo using Vallejo paints... • MW 1/71 Gaz AA Truck
Moss green = 892 Yellow Olive • Zvezda 1/72 Flak 38 AA Gun
Sand Brown = 941 Burnt Umber
• Zvezda 1/72 40mm Bofors Gun
Light Grey = 821 German Camouflage Beige
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Now, at first, my heart dropped as I have spent an inordinate amount of experimentation to get 'my
mix' right. I dreaded this new recipe as I imagined it would brush away (excuse the pun) all my hours • PST 1/72 Gaz 55 Ambulance
of work. So, it was with a heavy heart that I trudged down to my local hobby shop and duly bought
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Andreas's paint combo...
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Well, in fact, I only had to buy two of the paints as - a spot of good news - was that I was already
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that, as it's nice to know I was at least on the right track with one out of the three (though I went a figures review
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almost exactly the same as my mix for the 'Moss Green' I couldn't believe it! That not only means that
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So, only the Finnish Grey - and here's where my luck run out...
Andreas suggestion for the grey was a pronounced beige, in line with the sand colour that many
modellers and model manufacturers had been using but that I thought was inaccurate...Drat! Workbench Model type
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And to rub my nose in it, I just happened to be re-reading some books on the Finnish War and for a
reference to their camo colour that I must have missed before. In Osprey's 'Tanks of Hitler's Easter Construction Armoured car
Allies 1941-45' [New Vanguard #199, page 38] I found a note on the colours in the form of an paint
standard called 'Federal Standard': Grey (~FS36306), Moss Green (~FS 34083), and Sand Brown Impovements Artillery
(~FS 30040).
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Double drat! It's looking more likely that the beige I thought was a misinterpretation, due to weathering eModels Airfix
and age, may have actually been the official Finnish 'Grey' after all. But I *still* think a word of
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mitigation is warranted, because if you then look at the illustration that accompanies this colour
notation in the Osprey book you will find a nice picture of a Finnish 'Sturmi' (StuG III Ausg. G) with a Make Models Dragon Models
suspiciously grey looking grey in its camo! (And, indeed, they go on to repeat this shade of sea-grey
in the other two examples of Finnish armour they include in this section of the book!) Model Hobbies Italeri
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Whoa! That's very beige, in fact, I would say it's fawn or light-tan. On the left, you can see my Forum
interpretation, which is a far lighter oatmeal grey (Vallejo's 'Stone Grey'). Now let's compare them to MMS Models
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