The roadwheels should all be dunklegelb.
James

Well, it could be possible if the subcontractor had some older wheels or the factory stock was old. If the base coat is green, everything is green road wheels included.

spit

Or.... we wait for the color photograph to be published.

But one thing indeed strikes me as extremely peculiar, and that is the flipped colors under the Schürzen.

Well, I think there were more than one octopus camoed Tiger.

I wouldn't reduce the reference character especially of this camo scheme to a few photos only.

IMO there was not THE Tiger II with this scheme, there were variations of the octopus camo.

If you look closer to the graphics shown here, the Tiger tank(s) with yellow road wheels are not of late production e.g. they have got drice sprockets with nine teeth instead of eigthteen (and some more features...)

Think of the initial production Tiger II (P) issued by CyberHobby - each of these five tanks had different schemes though they were produced all in one and were deployed to the same unit...

I just heart and read about the problems of Trojca's color pics.

"Octopus camo did not exist in any variations.

Reason? The photographed tank, all pictures of the Octopus are one and the same Tiger-B."

Are you really sure?

Look closer to the tank with the swastika on the frontal glacis plate. Its turret camo scheme on the left hand side is not identical with the tank you see here.

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Look closer to the tank with the swastika on the frontal glacis plate. Its turret camo scheme on the left hand side is not identical with the tank you see here.

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It is the same tank, look at the position of the tank, gun in recoil, foliage and pylons is the background.
Glacis camo also matches perfectly.

The photo from the front where the swastika has been painted on was taken some years after the war (and the other pics). I beleive in the 50's.
Note that the tow hook and turret lifting hooks are all missing.
By this time the paintwork is not nearly in the same condition anywhere on the tank and so is more difficult to make comparisons with.

Herbert, was not meaning to promote Trojca as a reference source, but was saying that the colours shown are likely correct given the evidence, in particular the side shots showing lighter roadwheels.
He incorrectly shows the vehicle with combat track anyway.

James

As a side note to this discussion, can I draw your attention to some possible copyright issues?

Please, accuracy not withstanding, don't scan and post whole pages from (copy righted ) books (or websites etc.) . The copy right notice on the pages is a bit of a give away. If you want to use a picture from a book, use just part of the page, and CREDIT the publication you got it from. That way, the publisher may see it as a bit of useful and free advertising.

Thank you
Henk

Good evening,

I got a pic from the other site of this tank.



The first sidskirt doesn`t match. Looks like it`s from another "Octopus" Tiger???

maybe it helps

Very interesting discussion by the way

olds98

It doesn't match what?? As far as I know that is the only shot of the right side of the tank (unless the color shot is from this angle) all the other black and white shots are from the left side or the front. They are all of the same tank, including this one.
Mike

I have a brilliant idea (not so crazy if you really think about for few seconds). This tank was in Germany right? We know the area (Kassel?). Do we know the name of the guy from the picture on the right side? He was told to be one of the crew members. Maybe he's still alive, if not maybe his children are around and they know something about this very tank (from histories of their father). Maybe one of our German colleagues could make a few phone calls, a small trip etc.

AOTRE - Armorama Octopus Team Research Expedition. What do you say

It's not so crazy.

spit