New to me Version of German Camo Paint Style

[Dietrich]

Hi Guys, :~
I have just found this style of Camo-paint that I have never seen AT ALL before and I thought that some brave soul might like to use it on their tank..it is a very interesting effect, AND you can use a Stencil !
The principle seems to be to spray the vehicle in the usual fuzzy edged colours of green and brown over a yellow base coat, and then apply the stencil and over-spray AGAIN with the yellow base coat. I think that it produces a really interseting and different finish to the Panzer.....it is certainly out of the ordinary !! :~
Alb.

THIS IS THE CLEAREST PHOTO THAT I HAVE SEEN AND SHOWS THE PATTERN VERY WELL...ALTHOUGH PERHAPS A BIT 'FRESH' AND NEEDS WEATHERING DOWN...ALSO NOTE THE LARGE NUMBER OF DOTS PLACED INTO THE NONE STENCILED AREAS OF COLOUR !!

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CAMO PAINT ON AN AMMUNITION CARRIER

STENCIL AS SUGGESTED TO BE USED...ALTHOUGH TO ME IT IS TOO DENSE WITH CIRCLES COMPARED TO THE TOP PHOTO..!!

[JayBrd]

I have pondered this for my Panther. R01 seems to have this pattern on it's side skirts. I have a plotter for cutting vinyl sheeting that I was going to work on a stencil for it later on this summer..

[JayBrd]

Here are some more I found also..

http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/ger ... vbm_1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's a 35th scale stencil (go figure)

http://www.amps-armor.org/ampssite/revi ... 37&Type=FB" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I am in the middle of starting my new basement, so it would be a few months before I could do this for 16th scale but I will do it

[mcevoyi]

hi there

nice find

will this count ?

[Dietrich]

Hi
Nice find JayBrd and I agree...' WHY only for 1/35th' Weird...I suppose that we could ask the company if they could scale a set up ??

[Dietrich]

Hi mcevoyi , :~
Its a beautiful conversion, but I am sorry to ask you is the tank really that red ? It seems a bit 'distinctive' to have that colour on a battlefield.....are the crew expecting to live long,or since they are an Anti-Aircraft vehicle is it a double bluff to sucker in dive bombers ??

[mcevoyi]

hi there dietrich

lol.. it looks red on my crap pic ....
but it realy is red brown and no so in your face ...
the folks that saw it at the mvt show love the paint job ...
i so wish i was better at doing photos ..

iain

[Dietrich]

Hi Iain,
Phew that is a relief...I thought that it was a weird colour for a tank........ a WW1 aircraft maybe...... but not a WW2 A-A tank......
Since JayBrd, had kindly supplied an article with 'Archer Transfers' email address on it I thought that I would ask them to see if there were any plans to do 1/16th Scale.....and Here is their reply....

Hi Alb,

No plans for these in 1/16 but we are looking for a source of stencils.
If you are on our mailing list, you'll receive an announcement if/when we do them.

Excuse the short note - I'm on vacation this week.


So its a No then ............. No problem....we will just have to make our own stencils......I suspect that the Germans only had 1 or 2 stencils available for each tank so really it shouldn't be that difficult to use......except for me as I a Cr*9 at painting
My son has a load of small round different colour stickers that could be attached together to make a stencil....OR a better idea..... is to use one of the hand held, hole punch, type 'pliers' ,( that are used to make holes in leather) to make a series of holes in a piece of Plasti-card. This could then be mounted and 'framed' onto a larger piece of cardboard to make sure that there is NO overspray when the stencil is in use...
Alb.

[mcevoyi]

if its any help

i just used sticky dots form a stationay shop ... there are quite a few different sizes

[JayBrd]

If I knew there would be a market for it I would get on it sooner.. But right now between work and trying to get the new shop built I am in a fix..