Ive got the Tamiya kit but cant make heads or tails out of what color its supposed to be?

Yep I know the instructions for that one are very basic.. I have this one and was the first tank I did.. I found it great practice for my later projects...

here are some color schemes used when this tank was being ultilized..mostly fairly early on in the was as they were pretty much old tech.

35-39 2/3 dark grey 1/3 dark brown applied in a cloud like pattern.

1939 overall dark grey

Russia 41-42 german armor was a overall dark gray (also known as panzer grey with some paint makers,)

Russia winter 41-42... overall dark grey with waterbased white camo or whitewash camor over the grey.

Afrika Korps 1941 - 43 base color of Yellow brown with gray green used for mottling and camo patterns.

info is from panzer colors...