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First time armor questions
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 12:33 PM
I recently bought my first Armor kit, Tamiya Panther A, and I was wondering if someone knew, or knew where I could find, the colors for the 2nd SS Panzer division during the Battle of the Bulge. Also I was going to buy Tamiya's 1/16th scale Tiger 1 RC as a present to myself for graduating high school and was wondering if anyone knew where I could find decent or cheaper price. Thanks in advance
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:46 PM
Hi,
Panther wore a comouflage 3 tones whith little points all over.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 17, 2003 4:36 AM
Hey Todd,

The SS used various camoflage schemes, depending on the theatre, and in most late war cases, the availability of paint.
Most post 1943 vehicles came from the factory in a Tan-ish yellow colour, then in the feild the crew would add the green and a sort of red/browncolour.
Forgive me for not having the colours on hand, but you could find the details in a series of books called Panzer colours.

They have some really good examples of this method.

The type Piwi is talking about is the 'ambush' scheme, and i believe this was used in 1944 by some ss units (anyone correct me if im mistaken), i believe it consisited of the red/brown and green disruptive pattern, then the empty red/brown areas had tan spots, this was ideal for hiding in forests as the tan spots represented the dots of daylight that would shine through the forest canopy. i have seen this on versions of the king tiger and panthers.

Hope this has been of some help!!!

regards and have fun
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