Another Panther with late "strawberrycake" camouflage

[the shadock]

Seen at Bovington Tankfest, the post-war REME-built Panther belonging to the Bovington Museum, recently repainted with a late "strawberry cake" camouflage :



The colours used for the camo appear to be the same than the ones used for the SDKFZ Foundation late Jagdpanther :



Pierre-Olivier

[Adrian Stevenson]

I cannot say I am crazy about that camo colour scheme.

As a side note, what colour were the post war REME built tanks painted?

Cheers, Ade.

[JPhilip]

this Panther looks like an extinguisher

[the shadock]

well Adrian, you asked the question I should have asked..

Pierre-Olivier

[paddywhack]

was this type of camo actually used during the war or a post war thing?

[RTY]

Is this Panther just in running condition?
Or it was dragged by a tractor?

I've heard nothing about restoration of it...

[Erwin L]

I could cry. Why do al this so called "restaurators" destroy this vehicles with their fantasy glossy camo sheme.. Why don't they take some time in thinking about finishing it of in a correct way. It's the most visable thing in the restauration progress.

regards Erwin

[SMP]

The guy hitching the Panther was talking about the camo scheme at the recent Bovington tank-fest. I didn't hear the whole conversation, but it was clear the camo had been well researched. He arranged the Panther in an ambush display, amongst a small group of trees in the show ground. MOST people missed it . Enough said ! Regards, Steve

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Guys, these camo schemes are, as Steve rightly comments, accurate WW2 patterns. I don't doubt they would work either. But I just don't like them from an asthetic point of view.

Cheers, Ade.

[Gunbunny]

Yuk!

[rkoy]

post-war REME-built Panther what is this??

[Erwin L]

With all respect Steve but did they use gloss paint in wwII?

regards Erwin

[dannyIII]

post-war REME-built Panther what is this??

One of several assembled post war by the British army from parts on the production line to be used for testing some panthers and a few jagd panthers both the ones above ( Bovingtons and the sdkfz ) are from this batch

[SMP]

With all respect Steve but did they use gloss paint in wwII?

regards Erwin

Hi Erwin,
Does it look glossy ?
Anyway, I agree with those that think it looks too new. I suspect that if they had tried to make the paint look 60 years old it would look fake. I know that military modelers can achieve good results with small scale models, but I doubt the same can be achieved with the real thing ( fake rust ???? ). Patina needs to come with natural age and hard use. We can only hope that the museum lets nature take it's course. The newly restored Tiger 1 is begining to pick-up that "used" look simply by being driven outside in the rain and dust.

Regards,
Steve

[Erwin L]

Hello Steve

It looks glossy to me from these pictures. I'm a painter myself and i really like german panzers but i almost have to cry when i see how some musea restorate their vehicles. The red colour for the stripes would have been the colour of the primer and primer isn't glossy at all

For instance the panther which was taken out in Overloon, oktober 1944. It had no zimmerit on, sprayed in sand colour. Now it has zimmerit on and sprayed in a three tone camo scheme. Or the tiger II from La Gleize

By the way there are a lot of painters which use techniques to look things older or imitate materials. For instance marmer or wood structures so i guess aging would not be a problem

regards Erwin