Late WW2 German AFV paint set

Dark yellow and what came after it

February 1943 meant a fundamental turn for German armored vehicles. The dark gray finish ended and its place was taken by dark yellow, onto which the crews applied green and brown patches right at the units. It is exactly this last phase of the war that these eight bottles are devoted to.

Why three different dark yellows

• Dunkelgelb nach Muster matches the state from February 1943, when the shade was introduced from a sample, before it was given its number.
• RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb applies from March 1943, when the standard number was assigned to it.
• RAL 7028 in the 1944 issue captures the later shift of the shade observed from the end of 1944 to the end of the war.
• RAL 6003 Olivegrün and RAL 8017 Rotbraun are the classic camouflage patches; from January 1945 the green even became the official base.
• RAL 6007 Grün was, according to the available research, used as a substitute for the olive.
• RAL 8012 Red Primer is the basic protective finish, which in 1945 itself became the ground for camouflage.

The last bottle is the washable winter white, with which selected areas were painted over as improvised camouflage for snow.

A note on the contents

The bottles hold lacquer, even though one of them is deliberately acrylic. The winter white is meant to be matte and washable, so that the original color can be revealed beneath it, which is why the manufacturer supplies it on a different chemical base from the rest of the package.