Tamiya 1/35 Panzer IV F Full Build, Part 2, Plastic Model Kit Tank Building, Paint and weathering 

Possibly yes, but sometimes they were in fact painted in the field. Many of the Pz IV, Pz III etc were actually Panzer Grey when they arrived in N. Africa and the crews would later paint them in the field. LOL Depending on crew, maybe they just decided to leave it on the tank when they sprayed it. Cheers!

That’s the old D, this is the new F

Usually I would but with MRP (the top coat of paint) it’s so tough and a little glossy that I don’t tend to bother with a varnish and do all my decalling on top, then I add a matt coat and weather on top of that

@@ChampionScaleModelling that’s great thanks for confirming. It does look glossy that’s why I wondered. Looking forward to next episode

Thanks for the clarification 👍

Revell 88 ochre brown is a wery nice color for desert viechle.

The panzers painted in gelbraun where originaly painted in the factory to be sent to Africa. The tropical colors where used even in the winter because the germans did not always have white paint to spray over with.

I talked over this grey over 8000 thing with my Panzer IV friends. I saw the images. They all look like brown mush to me. But certainly it is a known thing. I didn't realize. Cool idea for a scheme.

Also, looks gorgeous. I forgot to compliment you. I talk rivets as conversation. But I watch your stuff cause it looks good like every time.

Based on them being applied before paint, probably incorrect but I went with it

It was a lot easier to just leave those things in place and paint over them than try to wrestle them off and then put back in place. Also, if vehicles are going to a dedicated paint shop and items like the tools, jack, spare tracks were not removed, or periscopes not covered up by tape or newspaper, these items would just be painted over because the employees at the paint shop sure were not going to remove them - not their job. Also, if painting in the field and there is a threat of enemy contact, lot easier to leave those items on the vehicle and paint over them. More or less a crew "decision", depending on circumstances probably. We do the same thing in the modern US Army as well. Some unit commanders will insist that tools and such be removed before painting while other commanders (or crews for that matter) just do not care if those items get painted over. Also, getting paint over sprayed onto the rubber portions of road wheels is more common than one would think because, again, someone either has to cover up the rubber somehow or you depend on the skill of the painter and hope they are good enough to not get paint on the rubber. Almost always there is over spray on the rubber road wheels which really does not affect the rubber in any way - unless you have one of those commanders that spaz out because the rubber got painted especially when they are trying to "cheeze-out" to the Battalion Commander or other VIPs (yep - been down that path before and a good can of flat black spray paint comes in handy). And, IF you somehow "forget" to tape over a periscope and that thing gets painted over - yep, it is a real pain in the buttocks region to try and get that paint off the lens with either a razor blade trying to scrape the paint off or using paint thinner which may/may not then leave behind a permanent "fogging" effect on the glass = had that happen before as well.