Mix your own paint

[Mike Kelly]

Been doing some experimenting with Humbrol model paints

Try mixing four parts No.69 yellow with one part No.21 Black.

Result is a nice grass green much like British G5 AKA Light bronze green , used from 1939 til around 42 on British softskins as a base colour .

On a larger scale, buy some Caterpiller yellow equipment enamel from any Caterpiller dealer , mix in some matt black eg. chassis black . Adjust the mix to suit your need, around 3 to 1 seems to be right . The colour has a nice rich olive look to it . The yellow has to be a deep yellow .

My theory is , WW2 camo paints were not a complicated mix of many tints . They kept it simple as possible , a dash of this and a bit of that and away we go .

Mike