I do build logs for Armorama, but sometimes I just want to build a tank and not have to think too much!

I have, of course, based the wooden handles on the tool set to the colors you used on your recent models.

It's the incredible Floating Tank! (on the left hand side anyway )

Since this is a Polish campaign vehicle, there is a two-tone scheme under all that dirt, right?

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Since this is a Polish campaign vehicle, there is a two-tone scheme under all that dirt, right?

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Two tone? There ain't no stinkin' two-tone....

The painting guide shows Panzer gray only. I am not aware of anything special for Poland. Please explain, Bill. You are my mentor for camo.

Sigh, I have washed the dust off the damned thing and will add some Signalbraun as soon as I can come up with it.



It's getting so I don't want to paint my builds for fear of doing the wrong thing....

Sorry Bill! I didn't mean to induce any accuracy anxiety.

Actually meant my original post about it being "under the dust" as a tongue-in-cheek remark...didn't think you'd actually start over on it.

You can call it a theory if you like, but the written orders are clear. Jentz and Doyle in PT 1-2 state that "On 7 November 1938, a new order stated that the the dunkelgrau/dunkelbraun camouflage pattern was to be applied by the troops starting immediately without regard to the conditions of the earlier Buntfarbenanstrich. P-Farben (paint for panzers) was to be used in dunkelgrau Nr.46 and dunkelbraun Nr.45 colors as shown on the RAL Farbtonkarte 840 B2. The primary color was dunkelgrau, with 2/3 of the surface painted dunkelgrau and 1/3 dunkelbraun. All Panzers employed during the campaign in Poland in 1939 and the campaign in the West in May/June 1940 were painted dunkelgrau/dunkelbraun camouflage pattern. There are very few quality photographs where this two-tone camouflage scheme can be seen. This is due to the low contrast between these two dark colors and dust on the Panzers. After the campaign in France in May/June 1940, a new order dated 31 July 1940 stated that in order to save on paint, equipment was to be painted in a single color-dunkelgrau. With the exception of equipment employed in the "Tropen" (hot climates), this order remained in effect until February 1943 when dunkelgelb replaced dunkelgrau as the base color."

Whether these orders applied to all vehicles or only to Panzers may be up for debate, but the evidence is very strong in written evidence as well as color photos. In Fotos from the Panzertruppen, by the same guys who produce the Panzwerwrecks series, there are even b/w photos of a parade-ground clean Pz 38t vehicle outside the factory sporting this two-tone scheme. That's enough to convince me given the thoroughness with which Jentz examines orders/documents related to things like this and the fact that it can be seen in multiple sources, not just 1. PT1-2 included an actual color chip of both Nr. 45 and Nr. 46 in the book as evidence of the authorized colors. They are very close to each other in shade, add in dust and poor lighting and film variations and it's almost impossible to distinguish. Doesn't mean they aren't there though.