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grinderman Officially Full-On Dubber

378 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#881265
Does anyone know a name or code for a military style paintjob on my dualcab? I've seen a kombi powered raised full body beetle that was finished in a matt grey that looked awesome and I was after a similar color for a tough look. (dont worry there will be no machine gun racks or swastikas) Any help appreciated.

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·

#881268
Yup - so if you want an authentic'ish German army look what you want is RAL7021, officially called Dunkelgrau but known commonly as Panzergrau or Panzer Gray.

It's VERY dark and looks almost black in most photo's.

Most people expect lighter with a bit of a blu'ish tinge to it... IMHO that's what to shoot for.

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Samples linked from google images

RAL7021
http://www.meble-jolinex.pl/slides/gleboko%20szary%20RAL%207021.jpg

Stylized Panzer Gray
http://www.tikkurila.com/images/swatches/info/tikkurila_ral_7021.gif

One day I'm gonna remove some of this trivia from my brain hey...
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grinderman Officially Full-On Dubber

378 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#881295
Thanks Sides, are these 2 samples suppose to be the same? The second one looks lighter and closer to what I'm after. Ahh....yea...... I'm not sure what part of the brain you pulled this info from but at least it still works👍

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·

#881308
Yeah, could've explained it better hey.

The first sample is the ACTUAL colour as used during the war on German armour, vehicles and equipment. (well, as close as can get on a computer screen)

The second one is what people THINK the colour should look like, and what they usually paint models and stuff with instead... like I said it's lighter and with a bluish tinge to it.

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4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#881516
This is something different



And I believe this is the car you were talking about?



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