Hey Oh great ones lol
can anyone help me, i dont have an airbrush as dont have funds or time etc so wanted to buy the spray cans but cant figure out which cans to get out of the tamiya range, i have settled on a green and RLM sandy brown camo scheme for my halftrack and am unsure for my Tiger wat colours can anyone suggest any camo schemes or patterns??
as there are so many cans to pick from can somebody help me pick the right colours(green and RLM sandy brown) for the half track and suggest colours for my tiger??
Thanks for your help everyone and love this site

John

Hi John ...well you're gonna have to help us out a bit more than that ..What tiger are you building ...where and what unit ...Initial tigers were gray others were the same sand color base as your halftrack and some had just the green camo or three color camo which would mean you need to pick up a redbrown color . Each division was different so let me know and I'll see if I can help you out .

all the best
Rick

Its the tiger 1 late production by dragon 3 in 1, and am using the PE set by voyager Tiger I later version, not sure on wat unit havent really seen any good pics to make one on so prob just one of the ones outta the manual, but dont like the camo schemes that they show.is there any you could suggest?

the halftrack is a Sd.Kfz. 251/7 Ausf d and have to decided to go with the command version by dragon as well, have settled the camo scheme on this one, RLM sandy brown and green just dont know wat colours are closest to these in the tamiya spray can range

Thanks for your reply mate

John

If you want truly accurate colors. you're going to have to graduate beyonfd Tamiya. Maybe their cans are better than their bottles, but the bottles are matched to nothing other than imagination.
I have (or had) a bottle of RLM sandy brown from another company but matched the the RLM standard. It's a far cry from rotbrun unless that were to have been severly thinned out, and then you'd have to have very light applications to justify this.
As to patterns, there was no standard, as there was with the US MERDC patterns. Each tank was supplied with a tinof rotbrun and one of dunkelgrun. The tank commander or the crew would decide on the pattern to best suit the terrain. You could have a one, two or three color tank The proportions and patterns were at the discretion of the crew. The depth of color was determined by the amount of thinning agent and method of application.
If you're going to get seriously into German armor, you might want to invest at least in the Squadron Panzer Colors I, II and III. While not always 100% accurate, they will give you a good guideline as the the types of schemes used on the various vehicles the Germans used.

Please can someone else help me, tahnks to the replys so far, the colours i have looked at getting so far are tamiya ts-1 spray red brown 100ml,tamiya ts-28 spray olive drab 100ml, tamiya ts-3 spray dark yellow 100ml

Those are fine Ju88. Remember that RLM was used for the airforce while RAL was the Heer designation.