"Late War 251 Interior Colour?" Topic

Hi Guys, working very late war now, i'm assuming the Olivgrun base colour directive for the chassis, what would be a good call for the interior, red oxide primer or Olivgrun or?

Olivgrun, red oxide became the interior colour for late war closed in AFVs, but open topped AFV interiors were always initially painted the same as the exterior.

that was my first call as well, however would the shortage of paint influence this though, i.e left as red primer?

Actually it was always the exterior base colour (same for hatches that open to the sides like the ones on the sides of the PzKw III and IV turrets). This was regulation and one that was adhered to.

It is only that by late war many vehicles got a green base colour or that the camoe was painted directly over the anti-rust base coat. So always use the base colour that you paint the vehicle in.

Cheers,

Burkhard

okey-dokey, green in and out it is :o)

Could we assume, then, that a 251 repainted in Dunkelgelb mid-war that was originally Panzer Grey would have a Panzer Grey interior? I don't imagine they would waste time, effort, or paint to do the interior too, but then, they might!

I suspect that the interior space would be repainted, otherwise any camouflage from aerial observation woud be effectively negated by presenting a large neat rectangle in a contrasting darker shade.

There was a Military Modelling Article many years ago that suggested that the smaller ancillary items like radios were not repainted but left in their original colour but crew spaces were or at least were supposed to be.