RC Tank Warfare community hobby forum

Hi Lads , I know this is a big can of worms , but soon going to paint a late war 1/6 king tiger, am looking at either mig or AK paints .
happy with the greens and browns, its just that dam yellow. am looking at so far migs ral 7028 aus 44 num 011, they have a darker and a lighter one too, or the AK dunkelgelb? for 1/6 which one would you lads think may look best? now play nice and help me pick .thanks glen

glenny25 wrote:Hi Lads , I know this is a big can of worms , but soon going to paint a late war 1/6 king tiger, am looking at either mig or AK paints .
happy with the greens and browns, its just that dam yellow. am looking at so far migs ral 7028 aus 44 num 011, they have a darker and a lighter one too, or the AK dunkelgelb? for 1/6 which one would you lads think may look best? now play nice and help me pick .thanks glen

You might find this discussion, from Jan this year, will answer some of your questions, Glenny. Marco Peter gives an exhaustive (but not exhausting ) account of the types and options.
viewtopic.php?f=183&t=24716&p=231365&hi ... es#p231365

This is Testors spray can "Afrika Mustard" and I like to use it as a base coat, and then airbrush Testors "Dunkelgelb '43" over it. That way I can get darker areas along panel lines and what not. This Hetzer will look totally different after I apply the lighter dunkelgelb, mainly in center panel areas, leaving the edges a bit darker. Then I'll apply the other two colors (touch it up a couple dozen times, with all three colors) then a wash, then weathering, etc, etc. The point is that the testors spray stuff makes a great base coat, and it's quick and easy.

You're right that it's a can of worms and you'll hear eleventy-gazillion different opinions, so the best advise I can give you is to remember that it's your tank, and you're the only one that has to be happy with it.

I also used the same technique on this 16th PIII



If you look closely you can see subtle variations in the color in areas where it would have faded most (and quickest), but in this photo weathering wasn't totally complete.

I decided to go with the Vallejo primer for my German tanks.

Dunkelgelb is typical of late war German production.
Late war Germany was heavily bombed and always short on key resources like oil and some metals.
This resulted in some variations in the shades of the paints used by the Wehrmacht; the closest to May 1945 you get, the wildest the variations.
Plus, difference in dilution and other factors even created slight difference from one tank to another, even if they were colored with paint from the same barrel.

So, as long as it can be called Dunkelgelb, don't worry, it's good to go, and there were a couple real life German Panzers which looked worse in terms of "color purity" than yours.