My understanding is that the primary green color on the Bradleys used by Ukraine is specific to Ukraine and not something used elsewhere. Can anyone direct me to an appropriate FS/RAL/BS green to match it?
TIA
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It appears brighter than NATO Green. I am considering either Tamiya Lacquer Olive Green #2 (LP29) or British Green (LP31).
I did use NATO Green on my Ukraine M142 HIMARS thyough. Once weathered, it came out looking right to me.
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Just for a comparison…
H.P.
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Hataka makes a Ukrainian set.HTK-AS112 Modern Ukrainian Army AFV paint set - T-84BM colours - Hataka Hobby Mig makes a set too,but it is from the pre Crimea time frame. ICM has sets for their Ukrainian vehicle kits.
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ICM has only one ground vehicle set for Ukraine. It has 4BO Green and US Dark Green.
Hataka has only a Dark Green in their set.
Still not sure which colors are right for Brads.
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SWAG: They were refurbed by the US before delivery. I’d think the base would be factory handy FS34079 with Ukraine camo added in country. I think they have better things to do than paint over brand new paint. Just saying …
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The dark green in Hatakas Ukraine set is the same “part” number as the 34079 in the “Modern US” set, #016.
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Never seen THAT shade of “green” before…
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I agree that Forest Green will do, just not sure if it is the actual color or not.
Right, like I said, they were delivered in sand, not green.
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I’ve seen several written reports about them and all that spoke to paint said Bronze Green. That was also mentioned in the reports about Australian M1 Abrams newly bought.
Chip
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On my browser that looks very much like US OD. I thought Bronze Green (British) was more greener (Olive Green).
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Which OD?
Your screen is color compensated for light and shade, yes? (NO- usually)
UK AFVs are painted in NATO colors.
See this chart!
Furthermore, the web is full of data-scatter:
Which of these four is Bronze Green?
As I wrote earlier, the only way to compare is to get the color mix (RGB), hue, etc. that are the elements of color-matching. Here are the different formulae based on your graphics system:
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Or you can use the old Mk I eyeball and think to yourself “Hey, that looks a lot like Tamiya XF 65.”
After weathering it wouldn’t have mattered much anyway.
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Exactly!
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Absolutely
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Wow a lot of responses. Thanks to each of you, much appreciated. I think I’ll take another look at the Bronze green and then who knows?
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So is Tamiya XF 65 a good match for Bronze Green?
Ken
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I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s a match (because it is not) but it sure looks good as the green in the two tone british camo. I’ve used it many times in this way. It’s also a much closer match for the solid green Bradleys in the early 80’s than forest green, IMHO. It also conveniently comes close to some other uses. I hear it can even be used for Wehrmacht uniforms. 
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