Yesterday, I bought myself a new King Tiger Ardennes front by Tamiya. Very nice tank if you ask me. Even though the hull says its way back 1993, it still rocks. Of course the figures are also top notch.
Now, the first three German stuff I've built( Famo, Pz IV J late, Flak 36) were all painted in German Gray, yeah I know wrong color on the Pz IV but I've always liked that color better than Dunkelgelb. Now this King Tiger of mine NEEDS to be in a cammo pattern with Dunkelgelb as the base coat. Due to budget limitations, I can only do a two-tone cammo. What's better? Dunkelgelb-Redbrown or Dunkelgelb-Olivegreen? and how on earth can I paint those terrible rubberband tracks?

Thanks,

Hi. Use can use whatever color combination you wish. A lot of the later Tiger IIs were basically left in the red-oxide primer coat from the factory and it was left to the troops to 'decorate' it how they chose to do so. So I would have to say that either/or would be appropriate. It would all depend on what was available to the crews at that particular time and place, so I would say either combination would be historically accurate.

Those 'rubber-band' tracks are a pain in the A--. No doubt about it. If the possibility exists get some after-market stuff. If not, give them a real good washing with some warm soapy water, let dry, and then a light spraying of red oxide primer. Then pray you can get them on without any, or at least too, much paint flaking off. Then do the 'weathering' afterwards. At least this has worked for me on a couple of Shermans I've used the 'rubber' on.

Take care, sgirty

Hello, this is the first time i have posted here...I have really been enjoying all the tips i have been learning here as well as all the interesting articles and fantastic work everyone has been doing. Now on to my reply there is a site that shows various camo patterns and color schemes for the tiger and tiger 2 tanks i hope this link helps you with your choices. http://www.panzer-vi.fsnet.co.uk/markingsmenu.html Enjoy and keep building

Welcome to Armorama then jackhammer81! It's nice to see another new member. Hope that you'll enjoy your stay here. Thanks for the link by the way, it gave me some ideas for the cammo patterns.
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Just a follow-up question. The wire connected in the headlamp of the King Tiger, where is it connected to? to the driver's hatch or to another hole or what? & the wire on the headphones of the commander, where is it connected to also? from what point in the headphones to where in the inside of the turret?
Thanks!
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The lead for the light is connected from the base of the light to the round "knob" just to the left of the driver's periscope opening in the hull roof, looking at the tank from the front.

The headphones are connected via a plug to a jack on the inside of the turret. This is wired to the radio... but the headphone lead does not connect directly to the radio as in other earlier German AFV's. The wire leads connect to the headphones like the picture below.... There is no commander wearing them in the picture, but this is how they connect to the phones... the two seperate leads coming from each earpiece join about where the commander's stomach would be. HTH