Stalingrad Vehicles Colors - German and Russian Camouflages in the Battle of Stalingrad (Multilingua

What the volume is about

The title deals with the colors and camouflage of the vehicles of both sides that met at Stalingrad. It is not a history of the battle; the weight lies in what the equipment looked like: which shades it carried, how field-applied sprays and coats went on over them and what weather and service did to them. That is exactly what a modeler faces most often when finishing a model and what ordinary building instructions do not give.

Historical background

The fighting for Stalingrad dragged on from the summer of 1942 into the winter of the following year and took place largely in the city and its ruins. Equipment there was exposed to dust, soot from fires, mud and then a long winter. In the winter period vehicles were routinely whitewashed, but a coat applied hastily in the field wore into streaks and exposed the shade underneath, so two vehicles of the same unit could look different every time.

What a modeler will use it for

As support in deciding how to finish a model: which shade suits a given place and period, how much weathering still looks convincing and how paint, dust and traces of service meet on the surface.

• the subject is the colors and camouflage of the equipment of both sides at Stalingrad
• it covers German as well as Soviet equipment
• a reference for the choice of shades, markings and degree of weathering
• a multilingual edition
• a printed publication, not a kit

Terms of supply

The package holds the publication itself. Models, paints, decals and accessory sets are not included, unless stated otherwise.