Some inspiration for anyone planning the AFV Club 251
January 7 2009 at 4:30 PM
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I found this link over on Missing Lynx, and it is superb. Someone has trawled though a lot of photos to put this together, from the BundesArchives (sp?) it seems:
A right side image of Rommel's 250 'Grief' The lettering seems slightly darker than the surrounding paint, esp. in the shadows, and the two tone chemo seems toned down. I have always suspected that the lettering was filled in with red after the pictures with 'outline only' lettering. Perhaps it was filled in later. Asymetry is just not a German trait.
note the very noticeable texture on GREIF, clearly indicating a mud wash camouflage coating. Note the wearing away of the mud on the left forward antenna support. I think GREIF may NOT have been PAINTED in the two-tone scheme, but may be in the common early African scheme of mud over dark gray. This is a pretty thorough job, but there are enough areas of texture and "worn paint" to make me believe we have a different camouflage situation with Rommel's famous '250/3. It would have been simple to have left areas of the gray showing to emulate the two-tone scheme that was adopted later in 1941 when the full supplies of paint would have been available. Comments?
As Andrew has been kind enough to put the GB deadline back to June 6, I am continuing work on my 'Grief' with a hope of making the new deadline. I want to take up the challenge to paint it accurately - starting with the interior. The kit has you paint in in sand, but panzer grey seems more likely. What is the best information on that?
The mud over grey exterior is an interesting thought too - further thoughts on that? And the lettering - was it later filled in, and how was it applied.