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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Tiger tank colour scheme ?
herrvermylen
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New Plymouth, New Zealand
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Posted: Friday, January 02, 2004 - 06:05 PM UTC
Hello Everybody

First of all a happy new year to you all !

I have a Italeria 1 : 35 Tiger tank which I want to paint darkgreen with like dark yellow cammo stripes, anybody have an idea what best humbrol colours I can use for German armor in general ??

Thanks
Herchealer
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Indiana, United States
Joined: July 31, 2003
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Posted: Friday, January 02, 2004 - 07:44 PM UTC
I suggest using the following colors.
tamiya XF60- Dark Yellow or Humbrol 83
tamiya XF-61 Dark Green or Humbrol 161
and you might want to trhow in a little
tamiya XF-64 Red Brown or Humbrol 160


Hope that helps out
sgtreef
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Oklahoma, United States
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Posted: Friday, January 02, 2004 - 11:59 PM UTC

Quoted Text

I suggest using the following colors.
tamiya XF60- Dark Yellow or Humbrol 83
tamiya XF-61 Dark Green or Humbrol 161
and you might want to trhow in a little
tamiya XF-64 Red Brown or Humbrol 160


Hope that helps out



Great choices!
Or if you want to use Vallejo
824 Cam orange ochre = yelow
896 Extra dark green = green
822 SS Cam black brown = red brown
Biggles2
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 10:40 AM UTC
Overall dark yellow with green stripes or wavy pattern would be more authentic (if you didn't want to use red/brown). Early Tigers, Panthers, and other AFV's at Kursk had this two-color pattern.
herrvermylen
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New Plymouth, New Zealand
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Posted: Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 03:23 PM UTC
cool, I allready started painting it using Humbrol 86 ..... humbrol is the only paint to be found here ...... So I can go take it off allready, thanks for the help boys !!!
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