In the early fighting, this unit lacked the colorful names and cartoons that later adorned the tanks. The more interesting period is the autumn 1917 fighting. By this stage, the tanks are sporting a much more intricate "Pointillist" style of camouflage painting. Many older accounts suggest that this was a new scheme.
Originally a pre-war design, the Panzer IV would undergo numerous redesigns and refits, soldiering right through to the end of 1945. Early in the Second Worl
Where I show how to paint and weather a WWII Sturmtiger tank! 0:29 Base Paint 3:35 Camo Scheme using AMMO's Camouflage Masking Putty 8:34 Running Gear and Tools 12:36 Decals 12:49
The E-50 ( Panzerkampfwagen E-50) was a german tankproject from the second world war.The E series should replace the tanks who was build so far.This tank sho
The SS camouflage patterns were designed by Johann Georg Otto Schick, a Munich art professor and then the director of the German camouflage research unit, at the request of an SS Major, Wim Brandt. Brandt was an engineer and the commander of the SS-VT reconnaissance battalion, and he was looking for better camouflage. Schick had researched the
. The new pattern for Africa was introduced in March of 1942. Available paint and camouflage paste of the earlier pattern was to be used up, resulting in a mixture of patterns in the interim period. The new Africa pattern was also used in Crete (HM 1942, Nr. 600). Water soluble and removable camouflage paste was to be used to paint vehicle tarps.
Duck Hunter. One of the lesser known patterns in Europe, this has its origins in the American M1942 spot camouflage of WW2. Used mainly in the war in the Pacific, its descendants can be found in Asia, but also Latin- and South America. The Australian DPCU is also considered a “relative”. Image source: wikipedia.org.
A method of adding the white edging to the shoulder straps that I use is to paint the white on first then add the dark green over the top. This next figure ( below) is wearing the reed green uniform that was used as a hot weather expedient in summer, especially in the south of Russia from 1942 onwards.
When looking at German tanks from WWII, you may have noticed a strange texture covering most surfaces of their armor. Although this looks like some sort of interesting type of camouflage, it’s actually a special coating devised by the Germans to decrease the magnetic properties of a tank’s armor, to decrease a magnetic mine’s ability to stick to it.
I assume you are reffering to the Dark Yellow paint that was used as the base camo paint color for german vehicles. I attended a presentation given by T. Jentz at a armor model show in Michigan, USA, last November. Tom presentation indicated that most of the colors offered on the market are not accurate.
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