In some pages of bibliography i ve seen German tanks or other lighter vehicles carrying a piece of clothe like a flag on top of them and i assume was for friendly aircraft recognition. unfortunately it was b/w pictures so i dont know the colour of it . Does any body knows more of it? What colours were used , in what kind of vehicles which areas and which period of WWII?
Thanks a lot waiting !!!

these usually were either band of previously sppoited colours (these could vary each day, just like the brace the soldier wore on their winter clothes), or a nazi flag

thanks Golikell, i am trying to get some colour pictures about it also , and read in a magazine that they had an orange colour for easy recognition. But i also think that this would be an aim for the enemy planes. keep digging and i ll find out
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Howdy Goose.

From what I've seen, the Nazi flag was used on German armour, using the typical red-white-black colouring. Also, from what I've seen, this was more prevalent in the earlier parts of the war. You are correct that its main use was identification for friendly aircraft.

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Cokes.

PS To simulate flags really well, cut a piece of aluminium foil to size and paint the flag on. Then drape it over the vehicle and glue it in place. Some of the paint may flake off, so touch it up as necessary, and then give it a wash and dry brush, and the result is very realistic. The folds and creases in the light material are detailed well by the thin alfoil.

i ve tried the aluminium foil method and it works really well, and also the flag folows the surface thats under it very well so its realistic.Thanks anyway

Twig thanks a lot for the info and yes it was a good part on how to make a flag thats real looking , i ll try it out and post the results . Thanks again

So far I've never seen any reference to such coloured panels. Does anybody have any reference to these panels? (there must be some, as the Jerries regulated almost everything!)

i ll try to find again the pictures i ve seen these pieces of clothe and post them ..but in the chaos ...where r they ? mmmmm maybe fridge?..we ll seee.......

Only the side with air superiority/supremacy will want to use air recognition flags.

I prefer either using tissue traeted with diluted white glue and painted as single color cloth or printing an image of a flag onto white paper. Afgter the ink has dried, I seal them with Microscale Decal Film/Saver and moisten the reverse side with diluted white glue. This softens the paper enough to get real smooth, cloth llike draping and folds. When dry, thius is sparyed with dull coat.

AJ thanks for the tip. Ive printed a couple of flags with my colour laser printer and done the things you say , it goes really good till the point that the paper is too soft and starts to decrust a lil , i ll try different dilusion of the white glue, but i think after some experimenting it will be a succes, cheap and easy . Thanks again