Hello all,

I was fixing to start working on my Luchs tank and was wondering what some of the different paint schemes the Germans used. Thanks guys!

Guten Tag Justin. Here's a nice site- http://bsdi.usppp.com/wwiiscalemodels/schemes/panzertarnung.html
Hope it helps, and welcome to the Big A!
p.s.- where in NC are you& your dad?

Thanks for the link it really helped. We are in Salisbury, NC. Where abouts' are you from?

Hello the 116th panzer Div in Normandy used this
vehicle,and they were painted in 3 tone camo,of
Dark Yellow,Red Brown,And Dark Green,using small
wavy S like lines.Now 3 rd SS Panzer also employed
these on the Eastern Front,with 3 tone in the summer
and white winter wash,in the snow.Another known
unit to use them was 4th panzer Div,Eastern Front,
and they were base of Dark Yellow,with small Dark
Green wavy lines.

You can find good pictures in the following books,
Concord's 4th Panzer on the Eastern front,German
Tanks of WW2 by DR. S Hart,and Encyclopedia of
German Tanks of WW2 by Peter Chamberlin,and
Hilary Doyle

http://members.tripod.com/George_Parada/pz1.htm#panzer2
http://klub.chip.pl/krzemek/galeria.htm
http://www.panzer-modell.de/
http://www.wargamer.com/Hosted/Panzer/panzer2b.html
And here are a few more. You can also go to the links pages of these sites, they may lead you to better pics.
[EDIT]-Just up the road in Greensboro

The prototype to the Pz II Luchs built in 1942, was finished in Red Oxide Primer. It is quite possible that this prototype Luchs received a coat of Dark Grey as well. I find these 2 schemes interesting if you wanted to model the earliest Luchs vehicle.

Cheers !

Alpen