Which Color first?

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Hey

Guys

I am currently working on Dragon’s 1/72 King Tiger and have decide to to the two tone paint scheme of middle stone and khaki green. Any suggestions on which one to apply first? And also any suggestion on Tamiya paint similar to these two colors be appreciated.

Thanks

Scott

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I always spray the entire tank with dark yellow, then add the olive green and red brown.

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That and a good rule of thumb is paint the lighter colors first. Dark colors will cover easier than light ones over dark.

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Plus, that’t how they were painted in the fist place - the yellow was factory applied and the green and brown were applied at unit level.

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…after the field-applied zimm was slathered on…[:-^]

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Note that the “field applied” zimmerit appears only during a very specific window, a transition period with its introduction. No Tiger IIs would have had the sloppy field applied zimmerit suites. Although when spotted in photos, those zimmed vehicles do look cool!

Same thing with some camo schemes: certain types of vehicles left the factory already with camo paint – so there is some uniformity (e.g late Tiger IIs, late Panthers, Jagdpanzer 38(t)s). Not every type was subjected to unit level painting. The best thing is to work from a picture.

BTW, the OP asked about Tamiya equivalents: XF64 is red brown, XF60 is dark yellow and XF61 is dk green. (not middle stone, which was a British term, BTW). Good luck to you!

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…right, that was more of a joke, referring to an earlier thread where the existance of field-applied zimm was debated…

Also, there is a lot of evidence that suggests three-tone schemes coming out of the factory pre-applied begining in early '45, and as red-oxide primer being the base coat. These vehicles, primarily Tiger II’s, Panthers, Jagdpanzers, sdkfz 234’s, Hetzers, etc. also had hard-edge schemes with equallly distributed amounts of the three colors…

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Speaking of red-oxide…

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Hey that pic looks pretty cool actually. Be a nice interesting one to replicate. I like it.

If I get one of those kits I’m gonna use that picture.

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…that’s an oft-modeled scheme…if you look closely, there is a third color: white, which borders in thin stripes the red-oxide bands…

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Thanks for all the info guys… I’ll post some wip and finished pics soon…

Scott