I just started building the 1/35 dragon opel blitz gun truck.
I’ve always had this question since I have built other Opel blitz trucks and that is is the undercarriage pieces, springs, mufflers, etc. painted gray or would they have been a steel color and overtime just weathered with the elements?
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This is the underside of an unrestored 251 halftrack. Generally speaking, anything that could be reached with a spray gun would be. Brake lines and wiring were added after the frame was painted. Late war, this may have been left in red oxide primer, early war, this would have been Dunkelgrau.
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Leaving it unpainted would be rather unlogical, as the components would have been exposed to all kinds of dirt an moist, making it prone to oxidation (rust).
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It would be painted body colour, either Dunkelgrau, or after February 1943, Dunkelgelb. Having said that, the exhausts might have been left steel, as they would quickly rust due to the heat and the paint would fall off anyway. Like most people here I suspect, I paint the exhausts in rust.
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Thank you all for your input.
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