Hello all,

I would like to hear from anyone on what are the 'best' colours for a King Tiger camo ?

I wanted to paint a dark yellow/red brown/dark green scheme.
But i was not too happy with the outcome from Tamiya paints.

So, i would like to hear any suggestions on any acrylic paint mixtures to get the desired effect.

Thanks !

here maybe this will help
The "X" Range
Color name
Comment
FS
Humbrol
Tamiya
Xtracolor
Revell
Gunze Sangyo
Testors / Model Master

X 1 Black
Hu:21

X 2 White
Hu:22

X 3 Royal Blue
Blue Angels Blue FS:15050 Hu:15

X 4 Blue
FS:15056 Hu:198

X 5 Green
FS:14062 Hu:3

X 6 Orange
Hu:18

X 7 Red
Hu:19

X 8 Lemon Yellow
Hu:69

X 9 Brown
Hu:10

X 10 Gun Metal
Hu:53

X 11 Chrome Silver
Hu:11

X 12 Gold Leaf
Hu:16

X 13 Metallic Blue
Hu:52

X 14 Sky Blue
FS:15200 Hu:48

X 15 Light Green
Hu:38

X 16 Purple
FS:17100 Hu:68

X 17 Pink
FS:11630 Hu:200

X 18 Semi-Gloss Black
Hu:21

X 19 Smoke
Hu:1324

X 20 Enamel Thinner
Hu:

X 20A Acrylic Thinner
Hu:

X 21 Flat Base
Hu:49

X 22 Clear
Hu:35

X 23 Clear Blue
Hu:1320

X 24 Clear Yellow
Hu:1323

X 25 Clear Green
Hu:1325

X 26 Clear Orange
Hu:1322

X 27 Clear Red
Hu:1321

X 28 Park Green
Hu:80

The "XF" Range
Color name
Comment
FS
Humbrol
Tamiya
Xtracolor
Revell
Gunze Sangyo
Testors / Model Master

XF 1 Flat Black
FS:37038 Hu:35

XF 2 Flat White
FS:37875 Hu:34

XF 3 Flat Yellow
FS:13655 Hu:99

XF 4 Yellow Green
FS:34259 Hu:97

XF 5 Flat Green
FS:34230 Hu:105

XF 6 Copper
Hu:12 +

XF 7 Flat Red
FS:31136 Hu:153

XF 8 Flat Blue
FS:15183 Hu:25

XF 9 Hull Red
FS:30075 Hu:177

XF 10 Flat Brown
FS:30045 Hu:98

XF 11 J.N. Green
FS:34077 Hu:172

XF 12 J.N. Grey
FS:36496 Hu:64

XF 13 J.A. Green
FS:14052 Hu:75

XF 14 J.A. Grey
FS:34417 Hu:147

XF 15 Flat Flesh
FS:32648 Hu:61

XF 16 Flat Aluminium
FS:17178 Hu:11

XF 17 Sea Blue
FS:34058 Hu:134

XF 18 Medium Blue
FS:35177 Hu:96

XF 19 Sky Grey
FS:36473 (36622) Hu:167

XF 20 Medium Grey
FS:34424 (36270, 6424, 36440) Hu:141

XF 21 Sky
FS:34554 Hu:65

XF 22 Rlm Grey
FS:36165 Hu:111

XF 23 Light Blue
FS:35414 Hu:173

XF 24 Dark Grey
FS:36118 Hu:123

XF 25 Light Sea Blue
FS:36314 Hu:31

XF 26 Deep Green
FS:34128 Hu:88

XF 27 Black Green
FS:34079 Hu:91

XF 49 Khaki
Hu:72

XF 50 Field Blue
Hu:111

XF 51 Khaki Drab
Hu:108

XF 52 Flat Earth
FS:30219 Hu:29

XF 53 Neutral Grey
FS:36173 Hu:128

XF 54 Dark Sea Grey
FS:36231 Hu:140

XF 55 Deck Tan
FS:36521 Hu:110

XF 56 Metallic Grey
Hu:56

XF 57 Buff
FS:33531 Hu:168

XF 58 Olive Green
FS:34097 Hu:30

XF 59 Desert Yellow
FS:30257 Hu:93

XF 60 Dark Yellow
FS:30266 (33448) Hu:83

XF 61 Dark Green
FS:34096 Hu:161

XF 62 Olive Drab
FS:34086 Hu:66

XF 63 German Grey
FS:36076 Hu:67

XF 64 Red Brown
FS:30108 Hu:160

XF 65 Field Grey
FS:34159 Hu:116

XF 66 Light Grey
FS:36329 Hu:124

I use Model Master enamels and acrylics. Depending on when you want to set production, any of the three basic '43 colors can be used as the first primary color with the other two applied over it. I work in braille scale, so I hand paint about everything, but I haven't had any problems with Testors paint.

I use the Tamiya XF-60 Dark Yellow, XF-61 Dark Green and XF-64 Red Brown, or XF-9 Hull Red. It will come out fairly dark, but when you weather the paint, it will lighten up.