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I have just purchased a Tamiya full option 1/16th scale early production Tiger1 kit, and would like to do a scale project of the Das Reich Tiger 823. I have photographs of this tank with Himmler standing in the commanders hatch when he visited the unit in May 1943.
Unfortunately the photographs are black and white, and wonder if anybody out there could tell me what the colour of the tank was at this time in it's history. I intend to use Tamiya acrylic paints on this project, and would appreciate any advice or tips.

Welnek

here you go, also you can get a decal kit for this tank which has a colour guide
hope this helps

Hi,

Thanks for that, looks like sand on gray, but hard to tell.. Do you know of anybody who has already airbrushed this tank?

Hi Welnek, :~
Try this link for many more colour scheme options some of which will be within the time frame to have been the correct colour scheme. Click on a thumb nail to get the image full size.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~wackywheelz/tigers/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I hope that this helps.....or try google images there might be one there as well.
Regards, :~
Alb.

Hi, :~
I see that the wackywheelz site is no longer there...its a pity it had loads of pictures of Tigers the different models,and in different camouflage patterns. As that is now gone refer to ....Alan Hamby's excellent site of...
http://www.alanhamby.com/tiger.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
He has loads of technical details, model changes and dates and of course Colour Pictures of Different Paint Schemes. :~
Alb