TD4438
July 10, 2008, 7:47am
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Accurate or not,goofy or not,at least the vehicle is being preserved.That is a definate plus in my eyes.
From what seems to be the overall contemporary consensus, even if such a scheme were (and probably IS ) perfectly legit, it is highly unlikely that you would encounter it on an early “G” turret!
This scheme seems to have been seen more on certain Hetzers, as far as I know, and how in the world it got extrapolated to this particular tank seems to be a real mystery.
I have a color photo of the Jagdpanther allegedly photographed in this scheme, and have even built a model of it, but as far as I know, the jury is really out on its authenticity; I believe that missing linx (?) site had a fairly lively discussion on it a while back.
Info has since come out that guns were painted in a semi-gloss black paint which would at least appear dark gray; here the barrel is in primer red.
I have to agree that this scheme is highly unlikely, and what’s more, rather poorly rendered.I would think that a museum would want to present a fairly uncontroversial and accurate version of what a generalized tank of any mark would appear as—not as a fanciful, innaccurate scheme, the likes of which a modeler would portray once he has all the requisite generally-accurate representations already built and accounted for. It’s a shame that they couldn’t hire someone who at least could speak to that end for the portrayal of this specimen.
Well said…they should not depict “one-offs” but rather a representative
As its in a museum, why didnt they ask what ppl thought of the old scheme and wether they should change it after the tank was restored. Hundreds of ppl walked past it every day. And im pretty darn sure they would have voted to keep it looking the same if they new what a monstrosity it was going to be turned into.
…Guy