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looks like Tamiya Olive Drab with touch of green added. It is so similar I recall painting a tank that came out exactly this way. Easy to achieve. Remember to make it lighter if you need to, add dark yellow, not white - or youll end up with pea soup (the veggie) color.

Excellent, thanks for the link. Since I can read some of the cyrillic and understand some Russian, it's very valuable.

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http://tsushima.su/forums/viewtopic.php?id=4245&p=185

Sorry for the thread resurrection, gents, but did anyone save Christian M's Varyag pictures?
They're vanished now, and it seems so is he. Not responding to the messages either. Such a shame, since I'd really like to see the result of his meticulous research, esp. considering the paint of the Russian Pacific Squadron.

Thank you Ray! :-)

It was first time I used figures on a ship and it was an amazing experience for me! As you told, it helps to rate the scale and dimensions of a ship much more ... as well makes it more alive.
On my current build I will use figures again, this time from Pit Rod and if I can get somewhere in Germany those of North Star too.
I was asked, too, why I don't make diorama then with putting the ship in water etc. Personally I don't like such dioramas much, even most of them I saw are awesome of course. I prefer more as I diid here with full hull.

Beautiful work Christian. Looks really good, and the figures help to give her scale.

Kind regards, Ray

Thank you Nicolas!
My current build - SMS Markgraf - will have in the end 4-5 different shades of grey to earn weathering effect on her too. :big_grin:

Hello Christian

fortunately,this is not fifty Shades of grey......... although .....our hobby can turn into a real SM session :-D

beautiful paint and nice weathering :thumbs_up_1: well done Christian
cheers
Nicolas

Thank you Kyle :wave_1:

At least 5 different shades of green were used + oil paints for shadowing and rust.
in origin I come from 1/35 AFV area and the things I learned the last 15 years are a good base to use at ships too ... of course slightly changed and not 1:1 taken over ;-)

:-)

Incredible, the weathering sets the tone so well for her. Love the older dreadnoughtesque style ships.

Kyle

Thank you guys! :-)

Great model!
All the details and figures bring it alive.

Marijn

Toll! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Thank you very much Darius :-)

It was a "must do again" after I failed making my first Varyag in wrong grey war paint! :wave_1:

Excellent work Christian. Looks great :thumbs_up_1:

Hello all,

now my Varyag is finished so war, only the black base must be cleaned and some sparks of colour here and there are left + name plate of course.

It is the well known kit from Zvezda + PE Set from Eduard + brass masts from Master as well brass gun barrels too, figures are those from Tamiya (about 100 placed in total).
I wrote in topic "correct war paint", because unfortunately did Zvezda very bad and wrong in their instruction. First of all they tell that hull colour is green in peace and war, what is wrong. Green hull colour was only short time after commissioned and during the travel from the US yard in Philadelphia where being build to Brasov in the Baltic Sea. After this, hull was re-painted in usual red-brown colour. Secondly Zvezda tells that war paint of upper hull and superstructure as bridge, funnels etc. was dark grey and this is wrong too!
Thanks to DariusP and some others here in forum it was finally clear that Varyag was in reality painted in war in a special mixed green colour as most of all other ships of the local Russian fleet too ...

[u]However, here the images of the model:[/u]

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Cheers,
Christian