To add to the B1 bis excitement here (again) is the only one (AFAIK) to get photgraphed in colour.

Verdun II

Wearing a two-tone camouflage scheme of (probably) grey-green and umber, as mentioned in Trackstory 4. The same book also reveals that the French army managed to have both light and dark shades of the two camouflage colours which will make modelling them even more of a challenge

Whoa David
That's shouting 'le diorama!' To have sooo many pics of the one scene is heavenly...

Hi David,

Good set of reference pictures, thanks for posting them. One more to add to the ever growing list!!

Cheers

Al

It´s three tone camouflage. I edited it a little. Take a close look.


In case it´s not working: http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=showPhoto&albumID=204827431&photoID=2966248360045855008&security=GGfRex

Is there evidence of an ochre colour there also in the colour photo, or is that just dust? Wasn't there a French scheme that involved green, ochre & dark green or black lines? Was that used on Char B1s? The only references I've got on French armour colours are the old Lillian & Fred Funcken books.

Is there evidence of an ochre colour there also in the colour photo, or is that just dust? Wasn't there a French scheme that involved green, ochre & dark green or black lines? Was that used on Char B1s? The only references I've got on French armour colours are the old Lillian & Fred Funcken books.

Here's another one :
http://france1940.free.fr/armee/colours.html#Vehicles

HTH
Frenchy

Thomas, there certainly appears to be a dividing line of some sort between the 'light green' and 'dark green' patches indicated in your edited version of the photo.

Had a look at other tanks with serial numbers in the same area (and thus possibly the same batch) and they look to have similar schemes (though it's usually hard to tell). Seems unlikely to be the classic three-colour scheme painted on Renault-built tanks(green/brown/ochre) which have lower serial numbers, so could it be a variation on the later green/brown scheme?

It´s definitely two greens and dark brown. I edited it once again. The dividing line between the brown and the dark green is gone, but now you can clearly see the dividing line between the light and the dark green.
http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=showPhoto&albumID=204827431&photoID=2406451080045855008&security=UBbWrE

Thomas