Hi! Im new in here, my name is Miguel and im doing right now a wirbelwind, but i cant seem to find any good picture of it, so, do you know how they were painted? In which front were they? Im thinking in painting it with a 3 tone camo and later aplying a white camo, but i don't know if that would be accurate.
Thanks in advance!
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Wirbelwind Winter Camo
Karshkin
Valencia, Spain / Espaņa
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Posted: Monday, April 06, 2020 - 09:19 AM UTC
GeraldOwens
Florida, United States
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Posted: Monday, April 06, 2020 - 11:15 AM UTC
Your kit instructions will have most or all of this information. Overall Dark Yellow (Dunkelgelb) with soft overspray patterns of Olive Green (Olivgrun) and Red Brown (Rotbraun). Temporary white paint was applied rather hurriedly once the snow fell, usually with brushes, mops, rags, or whatever was available.
Unit insignia was rare by that time of the war, for security reasons. Vehicles had German crosses on the hull, and sometimes three digit numbers on the turret.
Do a Google image search for Flakpanzer Wirbelwind, and you'll get plenty of images.
Unit insignia was rare by that time of the war, for security reasons. Vehicles had German crosses on the hull, and sometimes three digit numbers on the turret.
Do a Google image search for Flakpanzer Wirbelwind, and you'll get plenty of images.