Painting camo for Tiger S33 PzReg2

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Hey Guys,

Got a stupid question here. On Tiger S33 PzReg2 it has 2 color; dark yellow as base, and green as the camo.

How did they apply the green part ? Do they use, big brushes or spray paint ?

Thanks for the insight.

Ben

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sprayed on

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The tanks were 0provided with a spray gun, often they were discarded and either paintsd at the factory or a firlrd workshop. Either way they were sprayed on.

Mark

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Ok cool and thanks.

Ben

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Here is a color plate of S33 that may be of some help

and a few more selected :

Steve

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my referance also says sprayed on, but I remember reading somewhere, (and I am searching) that the camo colors olivgruen(ral 6003) and rotbraun(ral 8017) were suppliied as paste to be applied in the field,thinned with gasoline,and applied to the tank with whatever available( i guess this would mean the supplied spray gun,brush, broom, roller? or whatever)–tread[8D] p.s. in a previous post I stated that S33 should be panzer gray–that was an error -sorry-- I was thinking of the kit decals wihch I believe may be # 332

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I don’t know Tread, I think you may be right about the Panzer Gray. The references In TIC, as well as the pic I provided from that book, show that patches of Dark yellow were applied over the Panzer Gray for Kursk. ??

Steve

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hi Steve-- all I can really remember from building the tamiya 1/16 kit is that according to my references it was a vehicle built between feb and march 43–which could’ve meant pazer gray or dunklegelb base-- it was the changeover time–the pic in your referance is July '43 – maybe a repaint? as you stated. tough call—tread[8D]

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Thanks Steve, can you kindly scan me the pic above ? I want to get a good look at it.

I also thnk that you both correct about the dark grey color. Most, if not all, of the german vehicle in the early stage of the war are painted dark grey.

Ben

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Ben,

Not sure what you mean buddy, this is a scan from ‘Tigers in Combat 1’. You can save it to your drive and enlarge i but I’m afraid this is all I can get for you?

regards,

Steve

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Steve, that picture looks like being taken by a digital camera.

What I mean is that put that page on a flat bed scanner and scan it. The result should be much better.

Ben