Whitewolf Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 A quick question for all those German AFV builders. I am curious, in your experience/opinion which is the best/most accurate Red Brown paint out there? Of the two i currently have, the Tamiya offering is very Brown, and the Migammo version has a clear degree of Red in it? the vehicle I'm painting is a King Tiger of Pzbt 505 in Poland late in the war. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 I like the Humbrol 160 Used on this; 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Tamiya has two different Red Brown's. The XF-64 Red Brown and a recently released a XF-90 Red Brown 2. How are the new German paints vs. original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Black Knight said: I like the Humbrol 160 Used on this; It's a question you'll get many different answers but I used recently Tamiya NATO Brown, which looks very near this Humbrol Brown. XF-79 Linoleum Deck Brown has been recommended too. I would have used this if I had remembered to buy some. Page 4 of this thread shows it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewolf Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 I think a lot depends on the camo scheme, in the case of Dark Yellow with Red Brown, the Red Brown is far more prominent than in smaller quantities on othe schemes. I think the Migammo version is pretty good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) Being faithful to Humbrol for over 50 years I must say, that IMHO H160 is too dark - it contrasts too much with the yellow background. I personally use H186 - here you have it on the Hetzer in a typical tricolor and on the Panther (only on the barrel and the number fields on the tower). Cheers Michael Edited September 3, 2022 by KRK4m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 The paint paste could be thinned with water, petrol or kerosene to make liquid paint and it was up to individual crews to apply it for most of the war. The colour and especially the density varied according to the thinning medium and ratio, and whether the paint was spayed or brushed on. So there is no "best" colour and probably no truly "accurate" colour either. Consistency only arrived with the factory-applied camouflage mandated later in the war. MNH-built Panthers' striped camo, for example. But there the red brown was applied directly over red primer, not dunkelgelb, which would have influenced the visible shade. Doubtless others will disagree. German colours will be argued-over until Hell freezes over. And then we'll start again....... The one thing I would say is that the colour was red-brown, not brown. Differences in thinning would not make it brown. So whatever you choose needs to have a reddish hue. It is alleged that very late in the war the colour changed to something more like the early war Schokobraun, a darker and less red brown. But the evidence for this seems thin. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartH Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 I've used Lifecolor UA 205 RAL 8017 German Panzer Rotbraun and it looks ok to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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