Trumpeter....152mm self propelled howitzer

[Guest]

Looks a bit of a beast Ralph. Russian green must be one of the most debated armour colours. I think you could use any green and it would be right lol. Good to see it coming together.

Cheers Graham:smiling3:.
You're right about the green but by time I've painted/weathered it it will look like it's been on campaign for a year(that's what I hope anyway).
I'll start the pre-shading tomorrow.
All the best to you.

[Guest]

Looks a bit of a beast Ralph. Russian green must be one of the most debated armour colours. I think you could use any green and it would be right lol. Good to see it coming together.

Honestly "Russian green" probably means whatever shade of green they could find
Cold war Russian green looks more or less exactly like Tamiya NATO green, at least the Russian armour I've been around when I was dressed in camo green.
I particularly remember the MTLB we were given as a training object back in early 1993 was almost exactly the same as NATO green. Only a shade darker than the Swedish army green we used on our vehicles.

I've seen other "Russian green" looking almost neon green, which to me looks silly, but it must've been what they had around and how it faded in the sun?
Anyhow, I agree that the 2S3 will look fantastic in green!

[Guest]

Hi Jens.
I like your points of view.:smiling3:
I stopped worrying about shades of colour years ago and to me if it looks right it is right.

[Guest]

Absolutely right.

[Guest]

Quite bold pre-shading applied.
Main colour next.
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[Guest]

Base colour applied.
Gloss varnish next.
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[flyjoe180]

This is going to be good, nice work so far

[monica]

looking very good,liking it,do far,:smirk:

[Guest]

This is going to be good, nice work so far

looking very good,liking it,do far,:smirk:

Cheers Joe and Monica:smiling3:.

[Guest]

Hello my Friends.
This is where I'm up to with this.
Weathering process started.
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[Guest]

Loving that finish. Very natural and authentic Ralph.

[Guest]

Loving that finish. Very natural and authentic Ralph.

Thanks Graham:smiling:.
Some more oil work tomorrow and then it's out with the pastels.

[monica]

real liking this,so well done so far

:smiling:

[Guest]

real liking this,so well done so far

:smiling:

Thanks Monica.
I'm really enjoying working on this.

[col68]

Nice work Ralph.