The lighter position of the American olive Olive Drab Flashed Shade from the Lifecolor acrylic line serves for brightening. On Allied vehicles it lifts the hood panels, the jerrycans and the raised parts of the engine out of an otherwise flat green surface.
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Olive is the color that falls fastest into one illegible surface on a model. American vehicles of the Second World War and of the postwar era were painted in exactly this, and this shade is its brightened position, intended to divide the surface back into shapes.
The raised parts of a vehicle take on the most light and at the same time are rubbed the most. On Allied vehicles those are the hood panels and their folds, the fuel tank caps, the window frames, the light guards, the jerrycan mounts, the bolt heads and the upper edges of the mudguards. A brightened olive laid only on these points gives the surface its volume back and prepares it for later interventions: the more legible the shapes, the better exposed metal and the traces of tools will stand out on them. It is good to brighten jerrycans and crates somewhat more than the vehicle itself, because otherwise they merge with its side.
For the modeler of Allied vehicles who wants the vehicle to stay legible even once dust and mud go on. Watch the ground: on a smooth glossy base the brightening appears weaker and has to be graded up, on a matte grainy surface it comes up quickly and is easily overdone. Work in small steps and keep setting the model further from the eye, because brightening is judged from a distance.
Keep out of the reach of children. Ensure ventilation when working with an airbrush and protect your airways.
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