Tank Grey RAL 7021 (Dunkelgrau, known among modelers as panzergrau) is the base dark gray shade of early Second World War German armored equipment — a Mr.Paint acrylic paint from the Aqua range, 17 ml. It is a paint, not a kit.
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Tank Grey RAL 7021, in German Dunkelgrau and known among modelers as panzergrau, is a very dark neutral gray. It is a water-thinnable acrylic paint from the Aqua range by the Slovak manufacturer Mr.Paint, in a 17 ml dropper bottle. It is made for both brush and airbrush and works best applied straight from the bottle, with no thinning. It is thinned with water, or with acrylic thinner from the same range — never with nitro or lacquer thinner. Once dry, it holds a durable, well-adhering film that tolerates masking tape.
RAL 7021 was the base shade of early Second World War German armored equipment. Vehicles were supplied in a uniform dark gray finish, used until 1943 — only then was it replaced as the new factory base by the dark yellow Dunkelgelb RAL 7028, over which a three-color camouflage was then sprayed. In practice this means one thing: anyone building an early German tank — a Panzer III, Panzer IV or StuG from the period up to 1943 — needs exactly this shade. The manufacturer lists the same RAL in its range made for German armored equipment.
Watch the period. For equipment from 1943 to 1945, panzergrau is no longer correct — there you need the dark yellow Dunkelgelb RAL 7028, along with the olive green Olivgrün RAL 6003 and the red-brown Rotbraun RAL 8017. The shades of the two periods are not interchangeable.
Practical tip: panzergrau is very dark — at scale it absorbs light, and the model can end up looking like a black blob with no detail. It is therefore commonly lightened and modulated: spray the base as it is, then lighten the shade in a palette with a drop of white or light gray and spray the lightened mix over upward-facing areas — the top armor, hatches, the tops of fenders. Leave the lower parts dark. This gives the model volume and depth.
For builders of early Second World War German armored equipment, and for anyone who wants a very dark neutral gray to a RAL standard in a water-thinnable acrylic.
A modeling paint, not a kit. Keep out of the reach of children and close the bottle carefully after use. Work in a ventilated room and use a respirator when airbrushing — do not inhale the atomized paint.
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