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| Subject: | Re: Tiger I's in Tunisia - Color? |  |
| Date: | Apr 30, 2001 |
| From: | Federico Kereki | |
frameset@core.com wrote:
> I'm working on an Initial Production Tiger I from Tamiya and I'm
> confused a bit about the color. I'd like to do one of the vehicles that
> you see depicted in dark tan in most references from 501/502 with the
> large red numbers on the turret sides. My guess is that these are one of
> the Afrika brown colors, but at least one of the Doyle/Jentz references
> points out that initially the Tigers bound for Africa had their original
> dark gray oversprayed lightly with olive green to produce a pea green
> color.
I once built a similar Tiger (albeit in 1/72 scale, converting a Hasegawa kit) and according to the references I found
at the time, I painted it green. I don't remember all the books I checked at the time, but I think I was pretty well
convinced of the green color.
Best luck
Federico Kereki |
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