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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Which testor color for panzer?
Fuhrer
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Posted: Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 08:33 AM UTC
Which testor grey testor paint is most of the panzer painted in?
From the list, theres' "Panzer Grey", "Schwaragran 39-43", "Schwaragran", and "Schokoladenbraun 43".

All of these seem to be somewhat the same color, which one is the default for those grey panzers?


This is off topic, but anyone know the url for the site where there's reference pictures of all the camo combination for all every panzer tank? I remember finding it here once, but I forgot to bookmark it, now I can't find it.
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Posted: Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 08:43 AM UTC
Fuhrer,
I'm sure you will get a lot of opinions on the proper Panzer Grey. With weathering and paint mix differences I just tend to use what I have on hand.

As for the url, I think this is what you are looking for:

http://bsdi.usppp.com/wwiiscalemodels/schemes/panzertarnung.html

HTH
Chuck
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Posted: Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 08:43 AM UTC
Use the Panzer Grey Schwarangrau for the early year tanks as the other color is acctually a brown color. This Brown color could be used to represent the early war camo pattern of 2/3 dark grey to 1/3 dark brown used during the Polish and western campaigns in 1939 and 40. The colors are so close that it is hard to see in black and white photos.

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Posted: Saturday, December 04, 2004 - 09:14 AM UTC
cf bush2000,
thanks, that is the one I was look for.

I am not to interested in weather or doing a camo. What I really want to do, is color all my panzer fleet in one color, so I could like them up, short of make'em present it like a parade march.

I remember watching "Trumph of the Will", where the panzers were all color the same. I couldn't remember whether they color in camouflage, or one solid color.
Because the movie is in B/W I couldn't tell and the movie didn't concentrate on the German to much, but rather on just one guy.

So, I figure it would look more appropriate if I do it one color instead of camo.
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