Feldgrau color Tamiya

[Maugzol]

Hello
Which reference in tamiya paint would you use for the german feldgrau uniform ?

Thanks

[Verderer]

I think the lack of responses shows not many people here don't use Tamiya for painting, at least for brush painting? Airbrushing might be another matter, but I assumed you meant for regular brushing? I hear Tamiya are not ideal for brush work?

I have used almost solely Vallejo Model Colour for my Germans. There are basically three colours that are good straight out of the tin:

830 German Field Grey is a good base colour
886 Green Grey is a good highlight
920 is good for the greener (reed green) look, suited for certain units, periods or theatres.

Then you have your various drab green-browns but I haven't looked into these yet. Basically German uniform colours tended to be all sorts and they faded quickly too, as usual.

Anyhow, it seems that Tamiya-Vallejo conversion charts suggest various Tamiya equivalents for these three paints, but I can't vouch for their accuracy. To me they looked a bit off when I checked them in the Tamiya site. So not much help there I am afraid? But you can make your mind up, when you check them, right? You can find an equivalency chart here: http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/pdf_web/CC073_rev03.pdf.

But on the whole, I recommed the Vallejos for brush work, if you can get them.

[Maugzol]

Thanks for your answer.
In fact it's for use with an aerograph....

[Verderer]

That's alright then, and in fact you don't want to be using the Vallejos with an airbrush.

[Etranger]

There is a Vallejo range formulated for the airbrush, their Model Air range. http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/gb/model-air-gb.html

 The Tamiya colour that I've used in the past is XF 65 - field gray.