I know it’s a ways off but I want to do my Panther in a tri-color scheme. The MM enamel lloks greenisn. Is that the right shade?
Ah the holy grail of the “correct” shade of Dunkelgelb…almost as elusive as the “correct” shade of olive drab. [:D]
I personally prefer to take the Dunkelgelb in the bottle and mix it with about 20% Light Gray to reduce the greenish tint to it (talking enamels here) and lighten the color before weathering.
Even the Germans can’t decide which color is correct. Having visited the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung in Koblenz and the Panzermuseum Munster, there was a considerable variation of Dunkelgelb to be seen on the vehicles. It is MHO that most modelers go for a color that is a bit too yellow as compared to the vehicles I saw, most of which appeared to be a sort of tan-beige color, as seen here;
Although some pieces of equipment WERE down right yellow, like the this Jagdpanzer IV AO at Munster and the Sturmgeschutz III G at Koblenz.
You can even see how the Jagdpanzer IV AO differs from the one behind it, and it’s not just a change in lighting either. Note the way the protruding portions of the waffle pattern zimmerit appear lighter than even the nearby flat areas around it, not just lighter than the sunken portions of the zimmerit. Those who think dry brushing is unrealistic might want to take a second look…
While these are obviously both repainted, not all of the equipment was, as this 75mm L.ig.18 is still in it’s original paint;
Note how the spokes appear lighter in color than the rest of the gun.
According to Jentz, there was only one Dunkelgelb, yet this doesn’t seem to faze the restorers at the museums from using at least two different colors in the same museum!
Yeah… did a search on the web and that seems to be a hot little subject. I’ll try the light grey and see how that looks.
I use MM Acryl dunkelgelb most of the time. I’ve noticed that the green tint seems to vary from lot to lot. I’ve got a couple of panthers on the shelf painted with different bottles and they look completely different. Over all though, the color seems to look good when the red brown and green are laid down over it. I did a stug III with Tamiya’s dark yellow and when the other colors were on it, it took on a green tint as well. With the colors being about equal, I go with MM Acryl from an ease of use stand point.(I’ve got an Aztec airbrush).[2c]