Hi. Today I saw my first glimpse of this type of camo finish on late war panzers, specifically Panthers--or at least the first time that I took more than a passing notice of it anyway, (which is more likely the case I asssume.)

Kelley was nice enough to e-mail me a couple of pictures of this type of finish from a book he had, which I have subsequently ordered, and then while I was glancing over the 'Constructive Comments' section of Missing Lynx site, I saw a recently posted Panther Ausf. G in an Ardennes Dio with this type of finish. And it was a most effectively done model, blending in very well with it's surroundings that the modeler had created for it.

I don't know just how many other modelers are familiar with this type of finish, but I thought I would bring it to anybody's attention who happens to be looking for that certain something that's 'different' to add to their finishes on late war German armor vehicles they may build in the future.

I've also heard that there was an experimental type of camo finish that was either used, or thought about being used, on German vehicles for action in very late urban war settings. A sort camo job put on in blocks of various colors placed all over, or in certain specific loacations of the vehicle. Has anybody else heard anything about this before?

Just curious.

Take care, Sgirty

The 'urban' scheme is to be applied to the FlakPanther that I'm building at the moment. It was revived in the 1970's? by the British and applied to some vehicles in Berlin.

Howdy fellas,

Mighty interesting. It obviously reminds me of the naval 'dazzle' camo scheme's I like so much. It would be an interesting paint scheme to do.
But then I'm not really sure if a false bow wave would help a Chieftain any.......

Tread.

BTW, thx for the pics DaveCox.

Here's my FlakPanther Coelian wearing my interpretation of the proposed 'urban' scheme:


There are more pics in my gallery, looks good in black'n'white ! The building is machined from a flat sheet of plaster using a motor tool, the base is Great North roads item recycled from an older dio.