Who knew a man sitting on a step amongst shelving talking about paint codes would be the most interesting part of my day ... tank museum ... always excellent
@HOBMACHINE6 жыл бұрын
I know !!!
@gusty90536 жыл бұрын
I agree. Who knew paint could be so interesting ?
@SnowmanTF26 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of as semi joke video The Chieftain made, provided running commentary on watching paint dry, which apparently comes up as something he could make interesting or as a request somewhat regularly in comments
@gusty90536 жыл бұрын
@SnowmanCA saw that as well. Not as informative but fun to watch.
@wetlettuce47686 жыл бұрын
This guy is trying to give James May a run for his money as the worlds most interesting boring person lol
@darklingeraeld-ridge7946 Жыл бұрын
Modellers and wargamers note: Vallejo Model Colours have RAL numbers printed, when appropriate, at the bottom of their labels. Excellent video.
@Spencer4816 жыл бұрын
"For tiger " written on a that tin of paint makes me smile. Like it's for the extra bed room or the living room.
@miskatonic62106 жыл бұрын
Like the scientist telling you: "For tiger only, don't use dunkelgelb for the Sherman, dammit!"
@stevie65able5 жыл бұрын
I know, made me smile when I noticed that. How many people can say their full sized tins of paint are for a Tiger or Panther...
@voiceofraisin37784 жыл бұрын
@@stevie65able Carole Baskin?
@BurtSampson6 жыл бұрын
The only channel on KZbin that can get me to watch an 11 minute video about historical paints.
@Panzermeister366 жыл бұрын
Very good and accurate video. Awesome to see you're trying to shed light on all the inaccuracies and myths of old. Couple of things I'd like to add that I often see model makers asking about or making mistakes with (not everyone cares and that is perfectly fine). The two-tone RAL 7021/7017 panzer grey/brown scheme was not entirely discontinued in 1940 as you said; StuG III Ausf.B were still being painted in it at the factory in March 1941. There are good photos of this. Seems like it was continued on tank destroyers/assault guns for some odd reason. After March '41, StuGs were all painted in grey (until tropical schemes and dunkelgelb were introduced). The RAL 8000/7008 (Tropen 1) and RAL 7027/8020 (Tropen 2) schemes were not exclusive to North Africa. Southern Russia was also considered a tropical region and so many tanks there were delivered and repainted in these schemes, likely including Tigers that were at Kursk. Those two tropical schemes were often applied in the factory, meaning that they often would not chip to panzer grey underneath but instead to red oxide primer, as no grey is underneath in the first place. There are some exceptions, such as earlier vehicles delivered to North Africa, and some later ones too. But the early ones were usually just RAL 8000, and the later examples are mostly Panzer IV Ausf.F2/G which were painted over their grey with Tropen 2. This also meant that some tanks painted in tropical schemes in the factory got diverted to other places...a good example is StuG III Ausf.F/8 and Initial production StuG III Ausf.G, which were delivered to Kharkov in the winter of 1942/43 in Tropen 2 desert camo...in the middle of winter, which looks badass in photos. Most tanks also got two- or three-tone factory-applied camouflages starting in August 1944. This continued to the last days of the war and it well documented. No nothing every left a factory in red primer...it's a myth. No they didn't run out of paint either. That's also well documented. Gun barrels are also not red oxide primer but a dark grey heat-resistant lacquer primer. These factory camouflages were standardized and were done to reduce factors like deployment times, tanks never being properly camouflaged, and to reduce fuel use when thinning down paint for camo application and work depots. It was a production streamlining thing, just like the elimination of zimmerit around the same time. Additionally, the idea that "field-applied" camouflages were done literally in a field by tank crews is incorrect. It was done at the depot level with proper equipment and work crews. Winter whitewash camouflages were often literal crew jobs though, and were usually done really shitty with paintbrushes rather than spray guns. Feel free to add more stuff below, anyone :)
@AdamMann3D6 жыл бұрын
My little baby is all growed up
@ThePerfectRed6 жыл бұрын
Here is also an interesting article, not as scientific but with a lot of original color pictures: ftr.wot-news.com/2015/02/24/german-camouflage-and-tactical-markings-part-i-by-agarestretiak/
@Panzermeister366 жыл бұрын
Why don't you just adopt me already Adam
@mike_burke6 жыл бұрын
Because you are too high maintenance dude. But seriously Evan, fantastic write up, much appreciated.
@james.black9816 жыл бұрын
Man, you're a wizard...
@xirensixseo6 жыл бұрын
The museum should start selling RAL colour sets at the merch store
@Tuning34346 жыл бұрын
+Xiren Seo Standard RAL sets you can get from any decent paint company, but actually researching and printing (!) correct WW2 vintage scheme's might be a tad more challenging for a museum. You can only hope another company want to do the effort and then sell their products instead.
@ninoschier95286 жыл бұрын
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAL-Farbe You can look them all up in german Wikipedia
@roblink47816 жыл бұрын
Xíren Seo, Vallejo, Tamiya, and AK, all sell very good representations of the RAL colors for scale model building, Vallejo even has a series of paint called Panzer Aces...
@xirensixseo6 жыл бұрын
Nice, if I ever need to get the set I now know where, thanks for sources.. Though museums collabing with idk Nippon paint or smth to make these sets would still be good business XD
@markfryer98805 жыл бұрын
@Lassi Kinnunen If you had modelling kits, glue, several brushes, the appropriate paint tins all in a single box ready to go they would literally walk out the door.
@taofledermaus6 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine the curators 20 years from now will be saying you did it all wrong.
@jackstephens72226 жыл бұрын
Undoubtably, love your channel btw
@thetankmuseum6 жыл бұрын
We'll be sure to make another video about it, when the inevitable happens!
@nathanfagan98815 жыл бұрын
And here's me thinking you just shot Gummy Bears.... Who'd a thunk it!?
@markfryer98805 жыл бұрын
@@nathanfagan9881 Shooting Gummy Bears? What a Barbarian! Shooting Drop Bears, now that is a different story. Damn things breed like rabbits and attack tourists to the detriment of our Aussie Tourism industry and the economy.
@gusgone45273 жыл бұрын
When paint scrapes are analysed with mass spectrometers. It's the end of the lines to determine which paints/pigments/oxides were used. So in 20 years they will be thanking the current lads and lasses for their attention to detail, while some original samples still exist.
@DEW1TT186 жыл бұрын
8:36, now that's what I call a selfie stick.
@bradyelich27456 жыл бұрын
Add to that a cringe factor of 1000 out to 2 km.
@spamuraigranatabru11496 жыл бұрын
*SLOW DOWN SHERMAN TANK LET ME HIT YOU!!!!*
@juremv76 жыл бұрын
mine is bigger than yours kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4qzi5eJmNCsaqs
@americanpanzer41636 жыл бұрын
@@juremv7 But yours is on the bottom rather than top
@lukelloyd-adey5525 жыл бұрын
IS-3: Hold My Beer
@bmcg52963 жыл бұрын
The Way the Museum keeps these tanks in the top condition is a credit to the men and women, who have done these weapons of war justice to factory spec. That is quiet a super achievement from a basic thing like paint had to be right, or don’t do it at all is remarkable to a detail many wouldn’t notice.
@MURDOCK15006 жыл бұрын
As a paint sprayer myself I found this very interesting. The colour of a vehicle or anything for that matter is very important because it's the first thing you see. It's nice to know that the tanks we looked at in Bovington were as authentic as possible. I remember seeing a Spitfire up close for the first time in the 70's. It was painted with shiny gloss paint and the markings were wrong too.
@RaduB.6 жыл бұрын
Hello! You surely hit the spot with this one! From a modeller that's also a bit of a colour freak: excellent presentation!
@eyebite0076 жыл бұрын
Thank you David for another insightful video.
@endlesssummers23914 жыл бұрын
Thank you Subaru for watching
@scoe59086 жыл бұрын
Loving the bit of Siegfried's funeral march at the end there.
@lucaschurer75165 жыл бұрын
Great! Now I can finally paint the Tiger 1 in my garage historically accurate.
@MosoKaiser6 жыл бұрын
The mention of museums having used to fit a story reminded me of the Stug III in Bovington that was painted up to represent a German vehicle, and has since been restored to its correct Finnish colors and markings it sported during the war.
@Panzergredi6 жыл бұрын
The amount of details and presentation of knowledge to the public is extraordinary.
@Splodge5426 жыл бұрын
David Willey has my undivided attention again. His talks are so good I wish they wouldn't end.
@haydencaryofilles63792 жыл бұрын
Awesome comprehensive video I love watching this stuff as a history buff and I could see how this would be very useful for modelers trying to get their colors right Great job tank museum
@MSGtJimator6 жыл бұрын
I've never watched a 10+ minute video on paint. But this was very interesting and extremely informative. Thank you very much. Can't wait for next year to come to Tank fest :)
@klobiforpresident22546 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of a video on the production of aluminium cans. "The cold enthusiasm this man has for the production of beverage cans is amazing." "I wish I was as passionate about something as this man is about soda cans." Now here I am, thinking: "The best part of my day will have been watching paint dry and hearing someone talk over it."
@engleberteverything4214 жыл бұрын
@@klobiforpresident2254 I think I saw that one
@Studi8516 жыл бұрын
Well done ... I have seen the collection in real ... looks so great ... best wishes from Germany
@jonvancil44316 жыл бұрын
Thanks to all of you for your hard work maintaining these big cats!
@josefstalin23516 жыл бұрын
I was there yesterday and had a wonderful time absolute incredible museum
@typxxilps6 жыл бұрын
Wow. That was pretty impressive. Sounds like you would find the best made Tigers ever seen combat at Bovington with such effort to be precisely or more accurat than the germans then with their supply shortage day in day out. Fells great how you keep that heritage in good and realistic shape following the latest scientific research results and you are not afraid to talk about mistakes might been made and to correct them even at high expenses and efforts that it takes cause a new correct painting is not done by 3 men at one saturday evening, it takes ages to research, plan, prepare, refund before even one can start to clean chasiss, sandpaper, grounding, ... A lot of effort no one can really see except the few living survivors. Huge thank you for all these re questioning of tiny details everybody believes to know but does not know anything. And I like this kind of new minimalistic perspective inside your warehouse between the shelves . Just you and your book telling that tiny, forgotten story about "RAL" an acronym that only a tiny permille of germans could explain as good as you did. I simply knew that RAL is a base for colour identification but never thought about that it is "typical german". And of cause your German pronounciation is damn good + right emphasis. Hard work to get it right to that level many people won't see or recognice. Good luck for your goals in this "campaign".
@thurstablelane75676 жыл бұрын
We have the same issue in the heritage railway world, locomotives which (some) have been built in the early 1900's have seen 3-4 Railway companies own the locomotive so the decision to paint it in an earlier more glamorous livery compared to liveries it carried in the 1950's & 60's where there is still memory for these engines in those liveries...This also goes for the stations and the wagons and coaches the engines pull.
@ScottKenny19784 жыл бұрын
I'd prefer to see the most colorful schemes on a railroad.
@skyflier89556 жыл бұрын
Glad to see that they’re striving to be as accurate as possible and fixing mistakes made in the past.
@Scarletsb0y6 жыл бұрын
Amazing, I love the tank museum, I done one of there days where you get to ride in a Type 59/ leopard 1, drive a tank, go inside a tank and have a tour of the conservation shed. This information just makes your bond go deeper as you understand why this are done that way. Great stuff cant wait to see more!!!
@roblink47816 жыл бұрын
This video couldn't have come at a better time, my brother and I are researching diffrent aspects of the battle of Kursk for a diorama we are getting ready to build, you folks at the Tank Museum just made my day...
@BladeRunnerC3 жыл бұрын
Incredibly invaluable! Yet again The Tank Museum is an invaluable source of information that had eluded and caused us so much derision amongst the ranks of us modellers that at last we have it from horses mouth.. Now there is a way forward without doubt..
@Bovara6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, thank you for all the great work you, the museum and all the volunteers do to keep history alive.
@jamessmart71096 жыл бұрын
Great Video, I have been to the museum lots times and have spoken to the staff about the new paint job on those two, so really pleased about the video and clearing that up. The Tiger exhibition is sadly ending this year so anyone who has not visited it i fully recommend getting there if you can. David has so much knowledge and good to see him do these videos.
@tomd968 ай бұрын
I've picked up a Tiger I model to do in the 131 scheme, seeing as Tiger Day is coming up soon, and the RAL 8000/7008 scheme is helpful. I can only assume the paints were faded from their original colours from reference photos I can get my hands on, as the green/brown colour is a lot darker than in the photos.
@dannyhanny11916 жыл бұрын
Easily one of the most fascinating and interesting videos from the Tank Museum - thank you Mr. Willey. Great subject, great presentation.
@ninus176 жыл бұрын
they look magnificent. i hope that one day i will be able to go to england and visti the tank museum
@cglandorf3 жыл бұрын
I just watched a video about paint drying, and was completely fascinated!
@petesy033 жыл бұрын
One of the best weekends of my life visiting the tank museum, even my wife thought it was great
@TheMotorGuyDirect6 жыл бұрын
This was the best paint explanation video for German WW2 tanks I have every seen. Thank you for actually getting technical!
@NZobservatory4 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate the RGB crates surrounding the guy talking about paint colors.
@Kojak04 ай бұрын
Great video - among modellers, the right color has always been a matter of debate, so I think something like this clears it up a little. Also on that note, getting those original RAL color swatches might be a very good idea, no matter which brand of paint one use.
@JuergenGDB8 ай бұрын
This is why Panzer Grey RAL 7021 is not faded like on the Tamiya boxes. I have seen color photos of Pz III, Pz II in Poland and France and they are dark as hell, almost as dark as the Panzer Uniforms the Germans wore. Lovely work at 3:56
@BoriDeLeon3 жыл бұрын
Kudos. Finally i know how to properly paint my tigers. They were really unhappy till now with all this rawring and biting. They were just painted wrong, simple. Thanks.
@PjotrStroganov6 жыл бұрын
The 70** ral numbers are quite popular these days when it comes to home building and interior. Never knew it was German. It still is widely used today.
@klobiforpresident22546 жыл бұрын
You might not notice when you see RAL, but when it says "Reichsausschuss für Lieferbedingungen" those compound nouns should leave no doubt.
@Emdee56326 жыл бұрын
Or in English , ''Imperial Commission for Delivery Terms and Quality Assurance'' . I would like to say I got it from a straight German-English translation, however I googled and Wiki gave me one...
@klobiforpresident22546 жыл бұрын
@@Emdee5632 That's about the straight translation though.
@Panzermeister366 жыл бұрын
Those RAL colours are not accurate to the originals.
@jamesmulligan74135 жыл бұрын
I think my room is in 7015
@KMac3296 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of detailed information that is so valuable and interesting to amateur WWII historians like myself. Thank you for your careful and skillful research.
@thetankmuseum6 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. David did the whole scene on RAL in one take.
@scotsbillhicks6 жыл бұрын
Any trip to Bovington is special but seeing these legends side-by-side has to be one one of the best experiences of my life, (the time/cost of visiting them separately would have been prohibitive), and now I appreciate the dilemma. I have seen some painting guides for armour that change completely in a matter of months.
@alangray96756 жыл бұрын
Never thought the science of paint could be interesting, but David has managed it. A very good video.
@pickeljarsforhillary1026 жыл бұрын
The only time straight men will argue about paint colors.
@miskatonic62106 жыл бұрын
Well, many straight men known more about pleasing a tank than about pleasing a woman.
@thetankmuseum6 жыл бұрын
There's a t-shirt slogan in there somewhere...
@coolminecraft14576 жыл бұрын
A wise man told me once “ women are like tanks hot and sexy with lots of men inside” but yes when it comes to paint on my Panzerkampfwagon VI Tiger yes I am known to hit people for not getting me the right color
@jimbehr22916 жыл бұрын
PickelJars ForHillary 😁So true.
@beerenmusli82205 жыл бұрын
Straight man without any taste at least. xD
@jimbehr22916 жыл бұрын
The most interesting talk about paint I've ever heard. Seriously good.
@jamesp85696 жыл бұрын
Who would have thought watching paint dry was as fascinating....
@miskatonic62106 жыл бұрын
Watching paint dry is how to prevent a war. Just apply a new camo scheme each and every week. "Sorry general, we can't make a push, the paint isn't dry yet."
@coolminecraft14576 жыл бұрын
James P I’ll volunteer as tribute than I’ll go break into the chieftain and centurion and test if the german cats are as great as I hear
@p_serdiuk6 жыл бұрын
You should check out Chieftain's video about paint drying. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHqzlqBnerKqaNU
@jeffklepzig920 Жыл бұрын
Very very interesting video. Anything from the tank museum is worth a look and this is great
@VonRammsteyn6 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH MR WILLEY! And all the guys who work to make this video, offcourse. That color's info is more helpful than you may think. Thanks to all of you!!!
@donaldhill38236 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Always love hearing the research done to prove things are correct.
@bumblebeebob6 жыл бұрын
I wasn't so sure about watching this when l started. But once l did l couldn't stop! Excellent video! Thank you.
@tomcomber37236 жыл бұрын
I love the tank museum. I'm really excited to go to tiger day and do a video on it.
@reallyoldfatgit6 жыл бұрын
The Landship b
@SGusky6 жыл бұрын
Wow As a modeler Best video I’ve ever scene Thank you so much
@timnewland41862 жыл бұрын
Once again a masterclass of information from the Tank Museum.
@kevinmiller7792 Жыл бұрын
Love the attention to detail!
@HellaNorCal9163 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great video! As a new model builder you just covered about every thought and question I had or needed regarding German tank schemes.
@gothamgoon42376 жыл бұрын
Don't forget scale modelers. This is FULL scale tones. Smaller scales require the paint to be toned down to get the same effect as the full scale vehicles. This is where it gets hard and at the same time interesting for scale modelers to get right. Scale, light, time, operational theatre, method of application, concentration of paint, what diluting medium was used and weathering are all factors to consider when trying to get your scale model paint scheme just right.
@johnrudy9404 Жыл бұрын
8:52 turret traverse....awe inspiring. Cant imagine how terrible it was to see this tank in either the desert, or woods. But of course, any tank is infantry supported and not fully independent.
@emiliodiaz39276 жыл бұрын
Awesome editing thanks to the editor
@gusgone45273 жыл бұрын
I love these intricate details. Must be the nerd in me but they float my boat.
@vanvan-oc4nj6 жыл бұрын
Is quite interesting ! Cool, even his shoes are in original RAL-colours !!!
@GetUpTheMountains2 ай бұрын
Happy Retirement Mr Willey!
@shaenebuffster6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video as always. I actually watched the video with my Lifecolour German WWII Tanks Set 1 which had the famous RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb as well as RAL 8020 Gelbbraun , RAL 8017 Rotbraun and RAL 6003 Olivgrun that I used on my 1/35 TIGER I . MANY thanks especially for the Info on Tiger 131 and her original paint scheme in Africa I had always assumed it was the RAL 8020 Gelbbraun so thanks for correcting this.
@garyframe96826 жыл бұрын
Excellent, thank you. I especially like these videos that showcase the effort and research required to accurately preserve and present history.
@seanc.53106 жыл бұрын
Very impressive attention to detail! I am traveling to England this year and you bet I'll be making a pilgrimage over to The Tank Museum to see the fantastic work going on over there!
@Sovietskikh6 жыл бұрын
Glad to see the Jagdtiger no longer in that hideous grey/lemon polka dot yellow scheme.
@thepulle47226 жыл бұрын
But it’s a shame that the nice camo on the King Tiger was replaced with a plain tan, even though it is more historically accurate, still not as disappointing as what happened to their Matilda 2
@Sovietskikh6 жыл бұрын
Your Average pull I think replacing inaccurate camouflage is as important as dispelling tank myths. The only reason some of these museum camouflages exist is due to a lack of information.
@lokenontherange6 жыл бұрын
Depends if your focus is on pure accuracy or upon relating a feeling. Most museums focus heavily upon accuracy, but if you want people to understand the true terror of coming up against a Tiger or Jagdtiger in the field then giving them a slightly inaccurate camo may work better for your purposes.
@markfryer98805 жыл бұрын
Polka Dots? Was it a Forming up tank? Oh wait that was for US 8th Bomber Formations.
@nukemman6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all your commitment to keeping every display accurate with history. I hope one day to visit The Tank Museum.
@scotty555babe2 жыл бұрын
Great info.. I just purchased the correct ral coded paints from Mig Ammo for modelling.. It was like winning the lottery when I saw my numbers come up lol 👌
@thekev5066 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic resource of a video! I'd love to see more of these for all different kinds of tanks and countries!
@PaulWhite-zn9xx2 ай бұрын
Great video . Thank you. I’ve come to this video very late , as following my visit to “Tiger Day” last month (fantastic day) I’ve come home and started to build a 1/16 rc Tiger 1 and intend to finish it exactly as Tiger 131 stands today (in particular the battle damage and paint scheme) or at least as far as my modelling skills allow me. Doing research and having seen 131 I’ve quickly discovered that illustrations (for example that accompany decals) purporting to show 131 are simply inaccurate as far as the actual 131 looks like today. The camouflage “stripes” in the illustrations are generally situated wrongly and the camouflage colour is shown as being far too stark and distinct. The camouflage colour on 131 is far more subtle and blended in reality. I’ve learned that the only way to achieve accuracy is not to rely on illustrations but to paint from photographs and actually see the tank for yourself. My plea is does anyone know of a source of accurate colour photographs looking straight down onto the top of the turret and hull of 131? I wasn’t able to get such shots myself when I visited the museum and the only shots I’ve come across on the internet are from above and behind (presumably from a gantry) and the angle of the shots and lighting make it very difficult to distinguish between camouflage and shadows. A final thought. 131 and it’s stunt double ,of course, appeared in the film “Fury”. Did 131 get a repaint after the film?
@alphaniner37706 жыл бұрын
This is great stuff! - and for all that make scale model tanks - usually these are done a little bit lighter than the original RAL color, to make it actually look more realistic
@paulfuchs40026 жыл бұрын
Re Dunkel Gelb such a coincidence on how you matched the colour,I had the same problem and obtained a later 8cm mortar ammo box inside it was completely mint and even had a paper sticker on it dated 1943 with munition details on it.. so I sent the box to a paint maker to match it great to have the right colour in the right semi gloss semi matt finish.
@ricardoroberto7054 Жыл бұрын
Because these schemes were painted in the field ad hoc it makes modelling them fun because each was unique and you can take liberties with the patterns rather than have some uniform factory scheme.
@DFWTF6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all hours you guys put in !
@daveybyrden39366 жыл бұрын
The two "desert" schemes were not intended for Africa only. They were also used in southern Russia. In fact, at the start of Tiger H production, a new Tiger was more likely to be painted in these schemes than in grey.
@Panzermeister366 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr Byrden!
@baz61285 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative. As a model builder I often wondered why the dark yellow scheme was so popular. Now I know.
@ralphgeigner30116 жыл бұрын
Need to get here ! I have been to Russia a few times recently, excellent museums, Moscow and St Petersburg and Munster, Germany,
@Waechter_im_All6 жыл бұрын
the four digit RAL-Scheme is still used today - as a standard for paint-spraying for example. Although I live in Germany, untill this video I didn't know, what RAL acutally means. And nobody I know could tell me :-) So: Thank you, David - thank you, Tank Museum
@drubradley88215 жыл бұрын
That was neat to learn this big of information... To imagine how picky they were on just the paint, back then, for a machine of war, that was going to help and hopefully back, meaning, if the machine and it's crew did make it back alive, the paint would for sure not look the way it did, when they started.... And still demand a high quality control on just the paint... Amazing!!! Now, I had no idea about the oxide being at its furthest point of break down (or is it, brake down?) ... Which controlled how much UV damage would have taken place of color face control... I never knew of such a concept... Thank you!!!
@thepiratepenguin4465 Жыл бұрын
10:03 I have found Ammo by Mig & Ak Interactive makes good quality acrylic model paints & uses both the RAL & german names on the bottles for easy reference.
@George_M_6 жыл бұрын
Getting things like paint colors right is very important for making the focus of the museum be history and not the old showing off of war trophies thing museums used to be for.
@CheshireTomcat686 жыл бұрын
Nice of Jean Luc Picard to voice over the colour code number mistake!
@TheStugbit6 жыл бұрын
One thing important is the weathering as well. The paint schemes you show represent the tank before getting in the action, before being around in the field. The shades of a tank paint in daily duty certainly may change a lot due to sun light exposure, dust and mud, bumps on trees, etc.. Those tanks the regular soldier would have been familiar with may be very different from these we see in museums, even with the precise paint scheme. But I guess it is not a good idea putting some of those old tanks on the field getting down trees and crossing rivers just for weathering! : )
@stevetheduck14253 жыл бұрын
While you are correct that tanks get dirty, the crews, given free time, would hose down their vehicles and re-paint any damaged bits as they went. -and that's why only museum tank tracks are rusty. In the field, tank tracks tend to be grinding through sand, mud and stones, getting very shiny if used enough.
@andymoody83636 жыл бұрын
Thanks David, another great one. Need to visit Bovington soon!
@NeilFLiversidge6 жыл бұрын
Awesome attention to detail. Respect!
@TheNorman11696 жыл бұрын
Awesome...... Would love more like this
@willierants58806 жыл бұрын
Fantastic museum.
@DeltaSoldier1216 жыл бұрын
Man I love this stuff.
@americanpatriot24222 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video and presentation.
@redbeardnj6 жыл бұрын
Amazing content for military history fans. Thank you
@bxmachine6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating subject, very informative. Thank you!
@EasyTiger7006 жыл бұрын
As always, a very informative video. And an absolute joy to watch.
@gadget19k765 жыл бұрын
One day I will cross the pond to visit this amazing museum.
@KyriosMirage6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I've just started painting some Germans (among others) for Flames of War. This will be really helpful!
@james.black9816 жыл бұрын
As much as something like paint colours may seem boring to any Average Joe, its massive to someone like me who is a modeller and was confused by yellow wasnt just yellow. Thank you to everyone involved for this. Please do more on these sorts of rivet counter videos, or videos about REALLY interesting details on Tanks. Olive drab next?
@clatz136 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic.
@UliMuliko6 жыл бұрын
Awesome tank museum. What job you guys have... damn.
@KingAlpaca6 жыл бұрын
1 week for tiger day! I'm so excited!
@Rebeldoug6 жыл бұрын
Great video and congratulations on your thoroughness and dedication.
@prowokator6 жыл бұрын
surprisingly interesting video! Not at all like watching the paint dry! thank you!