Panzerwerfer 17 Mar 2012 update

Camo would make it more interesting but if you want to go with historical accuracy chances are it was overall dark yellow...almost all of the pics I've got in my vast archive shows the monotone scheme and a few in whitewash...cue the dude who's about to plaster the pic of the one exception after my post and proclaim that I don't know what I'm talking about...one...two...three...

Did I really read "spaghetti noodle masking" up there? Seriously?? Has anyone here tried that?

Given the nature and type of the vehicle and when it was in service, I would lean strongly in favor of applying a camo pattern of some kind vs. leaving it in plain DY. Squiggly camo may seem a challenge but it really boils down to just being patient and applying some logic as Roy points out to avoid the "hand of god" effect.

It just looks so naked in one color.

I think a two-color camo of red brown and green squigglies would add something to the monotone color. The tri-color camos make the German armor more unique with all the different patterns.

If you decide to go the snaky lines route, may I make this suggestion? Really look at the model from ground level. If you were a human sized figure next to it, how would you paint it? Would you make 60 foot long, never-ending snaky lines, climbing over every surface of the AFV? Or would you spray lines in a 4' wide panel, then haul your air hose a few feet over, and start again?

Avoid the "hand of god" method of applying camouflage. Imagine a maintenance dude having to drag a spray gun and hose around the vehicle.    If you look around at german models, you'll often see the "hand of god" affect.  I find it unappealing.

IMHO german armor always looks better with more than one color. i saw somewhere that a modeler painted the vehicle in the squiggle color, boiled spaghetti noodles, and draped them over themodel in a fashion that esembled the camo and let them dry, then sprayed the dark yellow over that. after he took them off and rinsed away the starchy residue it looked AWESOME. since it technically has raied edges on the "masks" it makes the squiggles have a soft edge if you spray perpendiclar to the panel...

hope this helps!