Hello Everyone,
I have a rather important question. Is there an article on painting the German ambush scheme, particularly but not solely on Panthers and King Tigers. I am trying to find one but cannot for the life of me. I thought Fine Scale Modeling did one but can't find it. If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it. I am just really stumped.

Hi Ragnar2004,
First let me say, welcome.
On the ambush scheme, I think about all the German schemes were pretty much left up to the individual crews.
That being the case, I would paint your base coat of yellow and follow with large patches of red-brown and or green. Then it is simply a matter of adding the small patches of color.
You could put patches of the red-brown and green on the yellow and patches of yellow on the large patches of red-brown and green.
Put small patches of red-brown on the large areas of yellow and green.
I think you get the idea. I just don't think there are any hard and fast rules when it comes to German camo.
Just use your imagination.
Sorry, I couldn't give you a specific article to refer to. Look in some of the galleries on the different sites and you can see some great camo jobs that should help you in making your decision.
Regards,
Joe

One of the great color scheme books is Squadron Signal Panzer colors. The volume 1 covers ambush schemes quite well with many color prints. I got it way back when it first came out in middle 70s and though my copy is now a bit dog-earred and the spine a little shabby. They followed up with a volume 2 and 3. which are also excellent resources.

M-60a3 has given an excellent description on how to do it though Just paint your tank in the three color scheme and the polka dot it....just don't get to wild with the dots. The concept was they could park tank in bushes and from an airplne and at a distance the tank would blend in with the surrounding countryside...which it did with astonishing results