stalal Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 After many years, I m doing a US military vehicle and picked up Tamiya XF-62 in 10ml bottle. I was expecting it to be somewhat greenish brown but it turned out to be more green than anywhere close to the shade I was used to. I m wondering if Tamiya has changed shade of color. I have Gunze Olive Drab too and that looks more realistic or I should say more familiar shade to me. Has anyone noticed that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Yes it looks too green. Some people add dark yellow to adjust it. Is the 304 lacquer that you now use? I use it too but find it changes hue depending on the background. Gunze H52 Aqueous - Olive Drab 1 Gunze H78 Aqueous - Olive Drab 2 Mr Hobby H304 Aqueous - Olive Drab FS34087 Mr Hobby 304 Lacquer - Olive Drab FS34087 Mr Hobby 12 Lacquer - Olive Drab 1 Mr Hobby 38 Lacquer - Olive Drab 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SERNAK Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Hi Stalal, From a discussion that I had a couple of weeks ago with a friend about finding the best match for the FS-34087, he told me that Pactra's Olive Drab is a perfect match to the FS 595. He also told me that if I cannot find it the closest match is the Model Master Acrylics Olive Drab (FS-34087). Just my two cents. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stalal Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Gunze has two Olive Drab shades. One for weapons, the other for US armour. The one for US armour looks very realistic. That was the color I remember Tamiya was previously but a little towards brown. However, now the new Tamiya color is very green. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt B Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Not that this was part of the original poster's point/question, but Olive Drab is a mix of Black and Ochre, no green at all, though Ochre may have some amount of green buried in its composition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkwrench Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 3/13/2020 at 12:16 PM, crackerjazz said: Yes it looks too green. Some people add dark yellow to adjust it. Is the 304 lacquer that you now use? I use it too but find it changes hue depending on the background. Gunze H52 Aqueous - Olive Drab 1 Gunze H78 Aqueous - Olive Drab 2 Mr Hobby H304 Aqueous - Olive Drab FS34087 Mr Hobby 304 Lacquer - Olive Drab FS34087 Mr Hobby 12 Lacquer - Olive Drab 1 Mr Hobby 38 Lacquer - Olive Drab 2 How about a color swatch of those for us to compare to? Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boscosticks Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 On 3/30/2020 at 8:34 PM, hawkwrench said: How about a color swatch of those for us to compare to? Tim Unfortunately I couldn't find any swatches of Mr. Color or Gunze, but here is how Humbrol and Vallejo compare. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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