Started a Tiger I,Ausf.E/H1 from tunisia, is it true they used allied olive drab to paint there tigers ?.iv seen some black and white photos but you carnt tell the exacted colour .on the instruction sheet it says to use field green dont know about that!.can someone give me some clue what colour to paint my tiger.best reguards karl

I used Wehrmacht Oliv, a really pale olive green with a tint of yellow to it.

Cheers sabot thanks

http:/www.tiger-tank.com
For a couple of color photos of Tiger captured in Tunisia in their gallery section.

Art

Hi Karl,

Recent research suggests that Tunisian Tigers never were a green

The Tank Museum, Bovington, as restored Tiger 131. In Bovington's
Tiger 131 journal http://www.tiger-tank.com/secure/journal27.htm

they write of their 'controversial camo scheme, "The official German
shade RAL 7008 (graugruen) was found on some of the inner road wheels
with traces of RAL8000 (gelbraun) on the turret when the stowage bin
was removed. These colours were purchased and tested as shown in the
picture."

Here are the colors:

http://www.RAL-colours.de

Not solid green as suggested, but varigated.

Interesting...

Regards,

Fred

P.S., Despite the 'RAL Classics', RAL's samples were lost decades ago.