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                        ferdinand/elefant color scheme

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        ferdinand/elefant color scheme
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 11, 2003 1:02 PM
                        hi, im going to buy either Italerie's Ferdinand or DML's. Im wondering which colors i should use since i want to a monotone scheme that can be brushpainted as i dont have an airbrush. Also, would schokololadenbraun and olivegreen work if i was doing late war (assuming there were any elefants in 44-early 45), since it seems easy to do with paintbrush. Well thanks for taking the time to read this and i look forward to building this kit.

                        "If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic."
                        - Jack Handy
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                        Spamicus
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Central Wisconsin
                        Posted by Spamicus on Saturday, October 11, 2003 5:08 PM
                        I've got some ref material with a few shots of ferd/elephants in both Kursk and Italy. They seem to be base colored in dark yellow with either green or red brown swatches. I've got one from Italy that has what I think are green spots. Spots would be hard to do without an air brush. One photo shows three new vehicles leaving the facvtory and they are in plain yellow, so they would be camo'ed in the field based on locale and time of year. I have an air brush, but I hand painted my elephant with dark green bands. Have no fear, give it a try.

                        Steve

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                        Kumy
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Steeler Country
                        Posted by Kumy on Saturday, October 11, 2003 5:28 PM
                        I have a DML Elefant sittin here waitin to get built but I'm not very up on there color schemes. The box art shows the dark yellow base with green spots.

                        Just a suggestion.... you can buy Tamiya dark yellow XF-60 in a small spray can if you find thats the way you need to go. It'll at least let you spray the base and then hand paint spots.

                        If you can't find it locally you can always mail order it.

                        Best of luck with your build.

                        JR
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Saturday, October 11, 2003 5:41 PM
                        Where's Leopold, he's the king of info on the Elefant. I have DML' s and I heard it's much better than Italeris. Love them or hate them, DML's come with indy tracks compared to Italeri's vinyl ones. I can't honestly answer the color camoflauge with an conviction, but all colors should work. I've seen color drawings with both colors or one color on the base. I've never seen an ambush scheme. Good luck.

                        "It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it"-R.E.Lee

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 11, 2003 10:59 PM
                        Right here. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I'm going to save myself about 6000 and direct you to: http://bsdi.usppp.com/wwiiscalemodels/schemes/panzertarnung.html
                        Near the bottom of the page are 6 Ferdinand paint scemes, I also know of 2 others if you don't like any of these. If I can find someone to host the images, I'll scan them in and post them. On the back cover of Squadron's "Tiger in Action" is an Elephant of S. Pz. Jag. Abt. 653 in Italy wearing olivegreen and redbrown spots over dark yellow.
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Saturday, October 11, 2003 11:26 PM
                        Welcome back Leopold. I had that book and failed to mention it. Sorry. Your information should come in handy. Ron and Moses both offer free hosting.

                        "It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 12, 2003 11:23 AM
                        hey, thanks for all the tips, ther'ye gonna gonna be really helpful for this project. Thanks again.
                        Andrew

                        "If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic."
                        - Jack Handy
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                        Kumy
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Steeler Country
                        Posted by Kumy on Sunday, October 12, 2003 12:00 PM
                        Some cool looking schemes. Smile [:)]
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