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  • Member since
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  • From: Belgium
Winter camouflage
Posted by FREAK on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 1:50 PM

Hello,

I would like to paint my King tiger in winter camouflage!

But I don't know how to get it done!

Is it true that I first have to paint the tank in original camouflage an than I put on the winter camouflage?

Or can I paint the winter camouflage strait on the model?

Can someone give me some tips how I can paint this winter camouflage and the colors I need?

 

greets Tim

Greets Tim
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 2:15 PM

You probably will get as many different methods as answers here. I like to paint the base color or colors first. Then after a day or two to dry I will apply white was using a smaller (#1 or #3) paintbrush and hand brush a flat white paint, preferably an enamel (Humbrol or Testors) as they cover and handbrush better. This method gives a good replication of the scruffiness seen on most winter camos. Remember, winter whitewash is a "temporary" coating applied in the field, usually by the crew, with basic tools in a quick manner. Not a factory paint applied under perfect conditions by spraygun.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 2:20 PM

Paint it in the base color then either overspray of brush white on top of it...

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  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:27 PM

Winter camo was field applied with a thin white wash using what ever they had available to apply...spray, mop, rags, brush or bush branches dipped into the paint. Sometimes it was applied as a blanket cover, other times as a disruptive pattern.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

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  • Member since
    May 2007
  • From: Belgium
Posted by FREAK on Thursday, November 18, 2010 11:08 AM

Thx for the advice!!

Does someone know where I can find some camouflages shemes?

The normaal camouflages and also winter camouflages??

 

I don't find a lot of the King Tiger!

greets Tim V

Greets Tim
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, November 18, 2010 3:46 PM

When the King Tiger first appeared, it came from the factory in overall Dark Yellow and was camouflaged at the unit level with the Olive Green and Red Brown. Late in 1944, factory camouflage of the same three colors began to be applied. The Whitewash was applied at the unit in the field when the snows came. So really the choices are all yours for patterns in both cases.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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  • Member since
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  • From: NYC, USA
Posted by waikong on Monday, November 22, 2010 11:46 AM

Like the others have said, there are many different ways, but I like to put in the bottom color first. Here's a description of how I did it on a StugIII, has in progress pictures if you are interested.

http://waihobbies.wkhc.net/StugIII.html

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