Phil Evans Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Hi The title gives most of it away. I'm near the painting stage of my St Chamond and I haven't a clue what the colours of the running gear and undersides should be. I've got Gunmetal for the tracks from the instructions but the rest is a blank. Looking at the colour profiles on the side of the box, Fantomas appears to have a dark grey running gear whereas Chante Coq looks to be more of a Medium Sea Grey type of colour. Then there's the colour of the hull base, running gear panels and the track arches. Does anyone have information or even suggestions? Anything would be gratefully received Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 In Military Modelling which is a WW1 special this month there's a build of this vehicle The running gear colour suggested is Tamiya medium Blue XF18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Thanks for that PanzerVor!!! I'll see if my local hobby shop has any. I'm in the UK next week so I'll get Military Modelling then. Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) I'd go with fresh mud.... Worth remembering that the French used the same colours all the way through to 1940, so I think (and I'm no expert) colour refs for WWII tanks should be useful too. Just like a model, I assume these real tanks were painted one colour overall before different 'patches' were added. I get the impression that the grey-blue was the 'base' colour on to which the browns and greens were added? Will Edited August 21, 2014 by Killingholme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algie75 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I have just painted mine, I have the running gear as blue, as shown in Ground Power 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algie75 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Here is my St Chamond at the point of basic painting before any filters, washes or weathering. The tank name is a custom paint mask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 That is very nice, well done Algie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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