| parrskool | 06 Jul 2016 1:59 a.m. PST |
Well, I have these Tiger 1's primed up for North West Europe 1944-5 but I note that some pictures show them in a sort of sandy/brown/green camoflage whilst others are depicted as straight grey. Which is it ? Any advice.
Ta. |
| Martin Rapier | 06 Jul 2016 3:29 a.m. PST |
Tigers stopped being grey in early 1943 (apart, possibly, for some very late war aberrations). |
| Garand | 06 Jul 2016 6:44 a.m. PST |
The sandy brown/green camo sounds like the North Africa scheme. Damon. |
| Rich Bliss | 06 Jul 2016 7:10 a.m. PST |
Should be dunkel gelb all over, with oliv grun and/or rot brun camouflage pattern, either sprayed or brushed. Almost any pattern will work, since they were generally applied by units in the field with a wide range of effects. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 06 Jul 2016 8:08 a.m. PST |
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| redmist1122 | 06 Jul 2016 8:53 a.m. PST |
Check out this site: tanks-encyclopedia.com Before really getting into WWII, I had some misconceptions about color schemes and their theater of operations…this should clear them up…a lot. P. |
| Col Durnford | 06 Jul 2016 9:07 a.m. PST |
I'm not all that sure about the running gear getting the full treatment. My tanks just get dunkel gelb with a heavy coat of mud/dirt. |
| Disco Joe | 06 Jul 2016 10:19 a.m. PST |
The running gear didn't get that heavy of a camo. |
Marc33594  | 06 Jul 2016 12:19 p.m. PST |
If using Tamiya paints try XF-60 dark yellow, XF-61 Dark Green and XF-64 Red Brown. You can also use their spray can TS-3 Dark Yellow. If using Vallejo and an airbrush try the following Model Air colors: 71026 Dark Yellow/Dunkel Gelb, 71011 Armor Green/Dunkel Grun and 71041 Armor Brown/Rotbraun |
Beowulf  | 06 Jul 2016 1:36 p.m. PST |
No dark grey tanks in Europe 1944-45. Dark Yellow, camouflage is optional. |
| Martin Rapier | 07 Jul 2016 3:31 a.m. PST |
"The running gear didn't get that heavy of a camo." Depends which photos you look at. Some battalions camo'd the wheels, some didn't. Unit commanders choice. I agree that mud is a lot easier to paint:) |
