Hello, I am new to scale modelling and for my second kit I’ve bought the Tamiya Sturmgeschutz IV Sd.kfz 163 with Eduard Zimmerit after market parts. I got into modelling for the more Modern armor but the WWII stuff has peaked me interest. I’m not very knowledgeable on German Armor so I’ve been looking and researching to see if it would be historically correct to paint the model in a winter camo/wash. I haven’t found much, so any help here would be so greatly appreciated.
Liam
You bet so go for it.[Y]
Tony lee
Thanks Tony, do you know of any good sites or books for reference material?
The best way to get an image for ideas is google “stug IV” and then click on google images. In your case you are quite lucky cause any unit with a Stug IV in Russia during winter will have put the winter camo/wash on. Some will be quite professionally done, some will be very crudely done with a mop or broom.
I’ve been doing so, I’ve found some very good reference material as well (seen below). I haven’t been able to find any photos of the Stug with Zimmerit having a whitewash but I don’t think that matters, I read that this particular model should have Zimmerit on it. Now I guess it all comes down to my white was technique. Thanks for the information Ghost! However would Dark Yellow be a suitable under coat to be showing through the white wash? Or would the blue grey be better? Not sure what was in Russia at the time [:^)]
Liam
Personally, I would go for the 3 colour camo scheme most commonly seen on Stugs, with a field applied whitewash. But thats only my opinion.
“However would Dark Yellow be a suitable under coat to be showing through the white wash? Or would the blue grey be better?”
Take Ghost’s advice above. In actuality all Stug IVs were painted in dk yellow, often with camo of dk grn and red brown. Atop this base camo, sometimes crews put on whitewash. Blue grey would not be an option whatsoever.
Thanks T26, I will probably just do a Dark Yellow coat as I don’t own an air brush at this point. I don’t think I could properly portray the camo with just a brush [:(]
Liam
Panzergrau was discontinued in early 1943. Your best bet would be the tri-color color .
I was surprised to see that they StuG IV was produced in Dec 1943, so zimmerit was indeed in play in late 43 to fall of 44.
Thanks for the conformation on the Zimmerit Eric, If I can muster up the courage to do the camo scheme properly and not ruin the model I will defiantly.
See if you can find the old Squadron-Signal In Action series. There are volumes on Stug IIIs and IVs with plenty of black and white reference photos.
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