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Dec 28, 2009 22:26:36 GMT
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Any help or advice appreciated. Please can someone tell me what the difference is between Nato Green and Olive drab? I need to order some paint ASAP and not sure what the difference is and therefore which colour to go for? If anyone has any proper examples of either colour please let me know? Not just a search on google because there seems to be a lot of people who say they are the same or call one the other etc... If you have a photo that you KNOW for certain is Olive or Nato, please can you share it to help me make my mind up? (obviously let me know which colour it is) I hope to get the paint ordered tomorrow (Tuesday) so any help will be appreciated... Have some military coloured cars for your trouble:       |
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Dec 28, 2009 22:38:39 GMT
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i paint the last cpulpe of suzuki i built in it.. i still got a tin of it in the garage.. ill go see what the paint code is on the tin..  this one was paint in a gloss ..  and this one was the same paint.. just in a satin |
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Dec 28, 2009 22:40:48 GMT
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www.flagfinishes.co.uk/colours.htmfound you a link to explain it a bit... is part of the bs381c scheme, Nato is 285, olive is 220 also IIRC Nato green is darker than olive.
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Dec 28, 2009 22:46:51 GMT
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well i just been out and looked,and what I got is.. olive drab..BS number 298.. paint mixed on a GES scheme.. in synthetic.. I rolled mine on with a roller..and it went on lovely when thinned a little.. dried really quick to.. this is what it looks like when nice and fresh!!(before the mud got to it!)  |
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Last Edit: Dec 28, 2009 22:52:59 GMT by petetong
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Dec 28, 2009 23:00:40 GMT
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 olive green (220) and Matt black patches. |
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Dec 28, 2009 23:02:41 GMT
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Many thanks for the info guys.....el mucho appreciated.
Will take a closer look at those colour charts a bit later SOC - thanks for link.
PeteTong, thanks for the pics and the confirmation of the BS number - it certainly gives me an idea of how that colour translates onto a car.
Will let you knwo what I decide....when I've decided ;D
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Dec 28, 2009 23:06:45 GMT
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My googling agrees with petetong that Olive Drab is 298 and with Scary on 285 for Nato Green
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Dec 28, 2009 23:07:51 GMT
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yeah, just to confuse things olive green and olive drab arn't the same colour....
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Dec 28, 2009 23:09:29 GMT
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I've just looked again because it seemed odd that the numbers didn't match.. They do, but SOC's Olive Green is a different colour to Olive Drab  EDIT: Balls, beaten to it ;D |
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Last Edit: Dec 28, 2009 23:10:10 GMT by ben711200
...proper medallion man chest wig motoring. |
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Dec 28, 2009 23:16:23 GMT
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think olive drab is a colour used on early land rover 90s.. and NATO green was used on every thing military in the 70s/80s!!!
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erm british army use Deep Bronze Green (bs24) and have since forever not nato green (just to conuse things more)
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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erm british army use Deep Bronze Green (bs24) and have since forever not nato green (just to conuse things more) have you got a pic and paint code for that? |
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Dec 29, 2009 10:25:50 GMT
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Last Edit: Dec 29, 2009 10:27:06 GMT by fredje8v
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Dec 29, 2009 10:31:48 GMT
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lol yup british army now use bronze green and its a lot darker than olive drab or similar.. here is another link to the BS colour charts.. should be able to get it mixed up at a local factors too.. have PM'd you some details after your call today and will continue the hunt.. www.stephen.hull.btinternet.co.uk/bs381c.html |
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Dec 29, 2009 10:44:31 GMT
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erm british army use Deep Bronze Green (bs24) and have since forever not nato green (just to conuse things more) i use to be able to get... umm "free  " tins of paint from the navy base just up the road from us.. they always had NATO Green on the side of the tin!! can't get them anymore! they don't paint there own trucks any more... they lease them!  |
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Dec 29, 2009 10:45:23 GMT
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MATT NATO GREEN FTW!  I got mine from Cobbaton Combat: www.cobbatoncombat.co.uk/sales/vehicles.htmLike I said Bruce the paint is really thick iirc we used a 60% thinners 40% paint when spraying the Sierra. But thinners is cheap I got 5 litres for about £10. Good luck mate cant wait to see what car it is and what the result is ;D |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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