pritzl Posted December 30, 2000 Share Posted December 30, 2000 I really didn't like the camo scheme on the H-39 Hotchkiss that much and found a number of photos of captured versions used by the Germans that, although in black and white, looked like they had the standard grey paint job. Since these vehicle were used until quite late in the war (30 were still available in Dec. 1944) I'm wondering how realistic it might be for them to retain that grey paint job (which I like a lot) until very late due to the fact that they operated primarily as training and second line vehicles. I'm just curious because I don't want it to look historically out of place. Here's a pic. [This message has been edited by pritzl (edited 12-30-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntg84 Posted December 30, 2000 Share Posted December 30, 2000 Give a guy a paintbrush, some paint, and some time and he'll paint the vehicle any way he wants to. That was sort of the case in 44, some crews painted the vehicle how they wanted, but it wasn't like that all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shatter Posted December 30, 2000 Share Posted December 30, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pritzl: I really didn't like the camo scheme on the H-39 Hotchkiss that much and found a number of photos of captured versions used by the Germans that, although in black and white, looked like they had the standard grey paint job. Since these vehicle were used until quite late in the war (30 were still available in Dec. 1944) I'm wondering how realistic it might be for them to retain that grey paint job (which I like a lot) until very late due to the fact that they operated primarily as training and second line vehicles. I'm just curious because I don't want it to look historically out of place. Here's a pic. [This message has been edited by pritzl (edited 12-30-2000).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hey not bad have you made a mod of this. If so could you send it my way???(Check profile for E-mail). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrl Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 Nice color scheme on the H-39, where can I downloaded it?? Great work Pritzl ------------------ " When you succeed, give all the credit to others; when you fail, take all the blame." General Dwight D. Eisenhower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Babra Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 That's the great thing about mods. It doesn't matter what it looks like; it only has to be liked by YOU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Lucke Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 Actually, the Germans left many of their captured Hotchkiss machines in the original French colors: What looks like panzer grey in B&W is prolly vert armee, a dark blue-grey shade favored by the French as their standard-issue color scheme. In the field, camou schemes usually consisted of a medium brown under-coat broken up by grey-green splotches edged in black --- or the alternative was often a grey-green undercoat broken up by khaki splotches edged in black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrl Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 I'd like to download that MOD when its finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrl Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 I've looked in a few books about the H-39 HotchKiss and I'd say that the color scheme you have painted on it are historical with that time period. I doubt the Germans would apply a tricolor camouflage on a second-line internal security light tank. ]http://www.wargamer.com/cm/images/capturedh-39.jpg' alt='capturedh-39.jpg'> ------------------ " When you succeed, give all the credit to others; when you fail, take all the blame." General Dwight D. Eisenhower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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