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Hi guys.....just getting back in my tiger 1 and wondered if anyone knows what colour the tank crew should be ? Pics below of the tank colour.......I bought it that colour so not sure if it was every really used. The tank itself is a heng long with Steel gearboxes, metal wheels and tracks and a metal barrel. There's a few more metal parts added like the smoke grenades, hatches and exhaust boxes. As you can see it's a work in progress at the moment and will be fully re sprayed when I've finished it. Also due to the extra weight the heng long control board burnt out, so that also need replacing/upgrading.Any info would be great

Cheers

The uniforms were basically black for the SS corps... Dark blue Black...for others...piping depended on unit and rank

ALPHA

As a basic guide,

As long as we are not talking about North Africa, panzer crews of both The Wehrmacht and SS wore black uniforms. Assualt gun crews wore field grey uniforms of a similar style.

The jackets are a short wrap style. For heer panzer troops the collar is piped in pink, and for SS the collar piping is silver. Heer jackets have a breast eagle insignia, and deaths head collar badges. SS jackets have standard SS collar runes, and a sleeve eagle.

Heer headgear carry the standard Wehrmacht cap eagle and roundel, for the SS caps have the SS deaths head and eagle.

Camouflage uniforms of various patterns and styles are common in SS units but less common for Heer units. Reed green coveralls can also be seen being worn regularly in pictures, and privately purchased items are also very common.

Two great books on this subject are:

The AK interactive book "Panzer Crew Uniforms"

http://www.bookworldws.co.uk/learning-s ... -6243.html

and the osprey book "Modelling Panzer Crewman Of The Heer"



Both of these books have lots of information on the uniforms worn by panzer crew, and also have guides on how to paint them.

Hope this helps.

scalawag wrote:As a basic guide,

As long as we are not talking about North Africa, panzer crews of both The Wehrmacht and SS wore black uniforms. Assualt gun crews wore field grey uniforms of a similar style.

The jackets are a short wrap style. For heer panzer troops the collar is piped in pink, and for SS the collar piping is silver. Heer jackets have a breast eagle insignia, and deaths head collar badges. SS jackets have standard SS collar runes, and a sleeve eagle.

Heer headgear carry the standard Wehrmacht cap eagle and roundel, for the SS caps have the SS deaths head and eagle.

Camouflage uniforms of various patterns and styles are common in SS units but less common for Heer units. Reed green coveralls can also be seen being worn regularly in pictures, and privately purchased items are also very common.

Two great books on this subject are:

The AK interactive book "Panzer Crew Uniforms"

http://www.bookworldws.co.uk/learning-s ... -6243.html

and the osprey book "Modelling Panzer Crewman Of The Heer"



Both of these books have lots of information on the uniforms worn by panzer crew, and also have guides on how to paint them.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for jumping in Scalawag... I had other things on my mind ...and totally forgot the Africa Corps

ALPHA

German WWII tank crew color? White, blond hair and blue eyes. Couldn't help myself.

is the tigger ss or wehrmacht ?

just thinking of decals !

Thanks for the replies and info guys....... I've got my work cut out......just want to get inside the turret finished so I can get it back together !

doc larsson wrote:is the tigger ss or wehrmacht ?

just thinking of decals !

TIGGER MARKINGS





ALPHA

Here are some of mine.
viewtopic.php?f=151&t=6165

john

jackalope wrote:German WWII tank crew color? White, blond hair and blue eyes. Couldn't help myself.

You be on a roll today Jack

ALPHA