I see that the barrels of a number of vehicles are darker. What colour should they be?
Sorry if this has been covered before.
Garfield

primer paint applied to all tank gun barrels. While it has become a standard practice to paint these primered barrels in red, the heat-resistant primer actually was a very dark gray color. This would indicate that the barrel of the gun had been changed after the tank was painted. Have fun.....

In the photo on p.70 of your 'Panzer Colors', book, there is a Tiger #312, similar to the one that I want to do. I'm going to use the GasoLine sheet featuring #311 of Pz.Abt.505. The instruction sheet shows the wide end of the barrel being painted yellow. Is this correct? Also, is the knight red? Should I be concerned about doing my camo in red/yellow even though GasoLine shows it as green/yellow?
Thanks, Garfield

yellow on many of sPzAbt 505's Tigers, both I and II. The reason is that the large mounted knight figure on the turret sides precluded putting the tank number on the turret, as was normal. So, they painted the rear of the barrel yellow for contrast and painted the tank number on the barrel.

As far as the colors are concerned, both olive green and red brown are correct. The colors could vary depending on the season. One detail is that often the saddle blanket cloth was painted in the same color as the tank's second camouflage color: olive green or red brown. It was a unit practice, like many others.