I’m not much on german armor and it is only in the recent past that I started seriously building them. I’m now painting my Tiger II (Dragon-Ardennes) and I would like to know if the cleaning rods attached to the side is made of wood or metal and what color should I paint them?
Those rods have been discovered to be sometimes made of wood with metal ends and also sometimes all aluminum. I’d paint them the basecoat color of the tank. I know modellers like to show off the wood to give contrast but personally I find that more gimmicky than true to life. It wouldn’t have been unheard of that the equipment was camouflaged along w/the rest of the tank hull.