Irvine RC Tank Club

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

Our Eastern Front battle today

Preparation...

[DavidN]

This recent flyers went out a few days ago. 16 players had signed up. It will be a fun afternoon tomorrow.

[SoCalBobS]

David, you might be interested in this article. Of particular interest is when German tanks switched from a gray basecoat to dark yellow.

https://panzerworld.com/german-armor-camouflage

On 18 February 1943, Inspectorate 2 issued an order to paint all vehicles in a base coat of dark yellow (dunkelgelb). On top of the dark yellow was to be painted a pattern of olive green (olivgrün, a color adopted from the Reichluftfahrtsministerium (RLM) (Reich ministry of aviation)), red brown (rotbraun RAL 8017), and dunkelgelb. Paint was ordered by the units according to their types and amount of equipment for re-painting in the field.

One other point in the article I appreciated is the accuracy of museum painting.

Museum vehicles are rarely re-painted correctly. While some museums do research the camouflage, such research is often based on articles written for modelers. As such articles may, in part, be based on museum vehicle paint jobs, this practice can likewise lead to wrong conclusions.

Bottom line, paint like you want to! I do.

[DavidN]

Impressive. Stalingrad?

I only have 10 German tanks that are gray. So I just put them all together for this event.

[quitcherbitchen]

Impressive. Stalingrad?

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

My tanks are ready for the Eastern Front Battle next Saturday...

[DavidN]

It will be sunny next Saturday in HB. So we are good to proceed...

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

The panther and Jagdpanther are for the HART 26 inch box. All of these boxes are not for the modern tanks.

[DavidN]

The Tiger I also fits into the 22 inch box.

[DavidN]

The 19 inch box could be used for the panzer III, IV, and Sherman (no tx).

The 22 inch boxes are for the T34/85, KV1, KV2, M26 and M41.

[DavidN]

Hey David, how about some info on your black boxes. How big, where bought, how the tanks and anything else are packed, etc.

I have three types of black toolboxes and all were from Walmart: 19 inches by Hyper Tough at $13, 22 inches by Hyper Tough at $16, and 26 inches by HART at $25.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hyper-Tough-22-inch-Toolbox-Plastic-Tool-and-Hardware-Storage-Black/430595277

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hyper-Tough-19-inch-Toolbox-Plastic-Tool-and-Hardware-Storage-Black/38498863

https://www.walmart.com/ip/HART-26-Toolbox-Resin-Tool-Storage-and-Organization-Black-with-Blue-Accents/462856563

You can go to the local Walmart or order online.

[SoCalBobS]

Hey David, how about some info on your black boxes. How big, where bought, how the tanks and anything else are packed, etc.

[DavidN]

Correct! This last event was the first time I sent my tank destroyers to the battle with the new "crewmen". It was easy for them to operate and battle. It was also an opened field battle, so the tank destroyers did not have the disadvantage because of not having the turrets. Where as the battlefield in LA, the setup was more city like. Tanks were hiding behind buildings and crawled out to shoot.

[MrChef]

Curious,

David do you see that it's easier for people brand new or younger less/non experienced participants to use a Tank Destroyer being that theres no turret to control?

[Vaseline]

Looks like a great day