In May of 1944, the Hungarian 2nd AD received a shipment of 10 Tigers formerly belonging to s.Pz.Abt. 503. As they were direct transfers from the unit itself, they received no modifications or repainting, apart from unit insignia and possibly licensing - many still retained their turret numbering and German Balkenkreuz. Since I wanted to portray this AFV as it was received in the spring of 1944 as the Hungarians were pushed back to the base of the Carpathian Mountains, I painted this exactly as I would a German tank, only applying some additional Hungarian decals.
The tank is primed in Red Oxide primer, painted in a 75/25 mix of Tamiya Dark Yellow and Yellow Green for its Dunkelgelb basecoat, with irregular bands of Tamiya Red Brown and Flat Green, and finally hairspray chipped. I'm not the best at airbrushing, so the bands didn't come out as thin as I wanted but it looks OK after weathering. After decals and detail painting, I weathered with oils and dry pigments.
The tank is primed in Red Oxide primer, painted in a 75/25 mix of Tamiya Dark Yellow and Yellow Green for its Dunkelgelb basecoat, with irregular bands of Tamiya Red Brown and Flat Green, and finally hairspray chipped. I'm not the best at airbrushing, so the bands didn't come out as thin as I wanted but it looks OK after weathering. After decals and detail painting, I weathered with oils and dry pigments.
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Got to love a Tiger 1
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