Tat,

There are good photos and a color plate in Panzer Tracts 1 - 2. I couldn't find any photos at all on the web!
Looking at the actual paint in the jars, I'd say the best Tamiya match would be XF-59 Desert Yellow, XF-26 Deep Green, and XF-10 Flat Brown.

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Tat,

There are good photos and a color plate in Panzer Tracts 1 - 2. I couldn't find any photos at all on the web!
Looking at the actual paint in the jars, I'd say the best Tamiya match would be XF-59 Desert Yellow, XF-26 Deep Green, and XF-10 Flat Brown.

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Thanks Matt -- will head that way. Was hoping to find some from the Bundesarchiv but so far turned up none. Cheers -- Tat

I love the Lifecolor stuff. Any idea which numbers/colors they use for these colors? I'm in the midst of a Pz1A build that I'd like to try the three color scheme on.

I have never discovered an illustration to specifically place the painting of the 1/3 Graugrun. However, the patches of Graugrun should not be extraordinarily large, or regular. They should not follow any lines of the vehicle.
The 1/3 Graugrun patches should be deliberate, cross planes of the vehicle, break up corners, be in scale, and not extend under the fenders.

Rob,

The SdKfz. 10/4 was produced from 1938 to 1944, so it wore both Dunkelgrau and Dunkelgelb paint jobs. Never together, however. There was never a Dark Yellow over Dark Grey pattern. It should be all dark yellow, and if you desire, you may scuff away some areas to show dark grey to depict a vehicle that was repainted in 1943. Or you could do chipping and scuffs in red oxide to depict a vehicle that came out of the factory Dark Yellow.