It started with a simple question, „What Vallejo colour do I use as the base colour for Russian WWII tanks?“ Plastic Soldier Painting Guide for my T70 and T34 says „Russian Green“ [Vallejo Model Colour 70.894 which seems to make sense] but I got slightly more than I bargained for from my You Tube search.

 Helpful videos from You Tube, with excellent tutorials and painting results: 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL-NsLi75GI
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy88YZBkhyk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqoCc4Eiih4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKZwIw-ctIg

The results from these videos are fantastic and mean that I will have to start weathering my models. The answer to my original question I think is: Vallejo Model Colour 71.017 (Russian Green 4BO) – which may be an air brush colour anyhow, for the professionals .. but I will have to made do with Vallejo 70.894 (see below, when did life become so complicated and I get the feeling that I should not really „care“ that much?): 

Bring me a Russian WWII tank to paint while I an still of sound mind! I will work on the principle of two thin coats is better than one thick!