I wonder if the dark is “panzer” grey? There was plenty around at the time to be acquired. But then what is the lighter colour? Light grey? Or maybe Gelboliv? Is there any info on the real thing?
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The short answer is: I don’t know 
Mirage apparently also published a very detailed book about the vehicle, but as I don’t intend to make this a highly accurate replica, I don’t intend to buy it. Of course, since this comes from the same source as the kit, it will likely have the same colour recommendations.
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Wouldn’t you think the museum has the correct colors? They did the restoration…
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I’d agree Mirage most likely knew the right colours. Looking again at the 2nd image, I’m guessing they opened the front access door to paint it, because it looks like the lighter colour ran or “curtained”, presumably more dilute than the front plate. Actually, it was on a slope anyway when closed.
It’s still the same painting style, broad swathes with in-filling blobs, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it was all done at the same time. All it does is give a tad more credence to the light being painted over the dark overall. So if you don’t want to make it a highly accurate replica, I would think you should be able to just free-hand airbrush it (?)
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Jakko I’ve been watching and admiring thus far. Early version of the Tesla cyber truck but far more useful!
Have you seen there was an ‘Ammo’ painting guide for Kubus? They use the dark grey on lighter grey scheme but they also note there’s no confirmation of the colours used.
I’ve attached the link here to the guide, for your information.
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I do not, as a rule, trust museums (or real vehicle restorers in general) to get colours right That’s not to say that none of them ever do, but I would like to see evidence of proper research before assuming that any given repainted vehicle in a museum is in the correct colours …
“Not highly accurate” ≠ “just wing it” in my book I do intend to try and be reasonably close, just not millimetre-perfect. I think I’ll brush-paint it, though. The photos of the real vehicle make me think most of it was sprayed but with very little overspray — far less in scale than I would get with my mediocre airbrushing skills. Unless I do end up making masks for the individual panels, in which case I’ll almost certainly airbrush through those.
I hadn’t, but thanks for the link! That’s a good example of what I replied above, though: for them, “not highly accurate” does equal “just wing it”, by the looks of it.
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Considering it was burned, I doubt there was any correct original colour left to see during restoration.
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Wow; I model by “just wing it”. Does that make me a bad person?
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Brian, I’m sure there are other things that make you a bad person! 
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Only if you think so
Anyway, from what you post of your models, you don’t just wing it — you make an effort to get things accurate enough to meet your own standards, which is not “winging it” if you ask me. In any case, the only one we have to please with these models is ourselves[1] so that, IMHO, is what you should aim for.
unless you plan on entering them in a competition ↩︎
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Thx for adding the term ‘fettling’ to my lexicon. I shall now overuse it whenever I can!
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Early version of the Tesla cyber truck
My very first thought on seeing the superstructure complete!
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