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| Subject: | Re: Panzer "Dark Yellow"? |  |
| Date: | Oct 9, 2004 |
| From: | Christopher C. Tew | |
Fred -
I recently painted out samples of all the acrylic and enamal paints I had collected over the years - through the newer acrylics in the dropper bottles. All of them come closest (though most are not really very close, and newer ones are often further off the mark than older ones like Humbrol and Tamiya) to the dark yellow "nach Muster" that was used in the spring through fall of 1943 - good for use on Kursk-vintage vehicles.
The Tamiya best matches - IMHO - this 1943 version of dark yellow, but there is some variation in Tamiya's batches (as in all the others) - avoid the ones that have a greenish tint if you can. There is no commercial color that I have found that comes close enough for me to the 1944-45 dark yellow.
If you'll search previous forum postings, you'll find more discussion of German camouflage and some good reference suggestions. Somewhere in there I've posted some mix possibilities using Floquil RR or acrylic paints, which are usually easy to find, at least in the US. Keep in mind that these are "full-strength" mixes matched by someone other than me to original, unexposed paint. If you are a scale-color advocate or want to depict a sun-faded vehicle, you'll want to add more white to get to the tone you want.
As others have mentioned, there was inevitably some factory-to-factory variation in the originals, so don't be afraid to paint some components, like radios or dash panels, a reasonably different shade, and certainly use different shades, again within reason, on different vehicles. Just keep in mind that dark yellow did not have a greenish tint and was more a medium-to-light buffish yellow or yellowish buff.
All this assumes that you really want that "nth degree" of authenticity, so you might need to see which factories produced which vehicles so that you can mix an Alkett dark yellow, Hannomag dark yellow, Henschel dark yellow, Krupp dark yellow, &c. to maintain consistency;-)> !
Best wishes,
CTew |
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