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SHAWN
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:12 am Post subject: WW2 US armor in color
a few pics of US armor in color, mediterrean.

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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:16 am Post subject: Re: WW2 US armor in color
okay mr. kibbey, further instruction is needed on my part. i thought i got the url correct but nothing...

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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:42 am Post subject: Re: WW2 US armor in color
- SHAWN okay mr. kibbey, further instruction is needed on my part. i thought i got the url correct but nothing... No big problem, Shawn...the "properties" line for that image was three lines long and you only copied the first two lines. I went to the gallery, found the pic, and copied the whole filename between the "img" thingies....

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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: WW2 US armor in color
I've seen that big yellow circle around the star before, but I don't recall any of the modeling magazines having the nerve to do-up a kit in this scheme. It seems to just cry out "Aiming point here! Shoot me! Shoot me!"

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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: WW2 US armor in color
The yellow ring is probably gas vessicant paint. For overlord, a lot of vehicles had this applied inside the circle around the star. If memory serves, the paint turned from a mustard yellow to a reddish tone if exposed to gas. I bet if applied this to a model, some super judge at a contest would tell you how wrong it is.....

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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:19 pm
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I beleive the yellow ring was a standard marking for a while in the mid war period. There was a period in 1943 when the US star on aircraft had a yellow wring around it, then the white bar was added and a variety of outline colors were tried before the dark blue border was settled on. I think that the yellow outline was strictly an MTO thing but I'm not sure.

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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:23 pm
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- bsmart

I beleive the yellow ring was a standard marking for a while in the mid war period. There was a period in 1943 when the US star on aircraft had a yellow wring around it, then the white bar was added and a variety of outline colors were tried before the dark blue border was settled on. I think that the yellow outline was strictly an MTO thing but I'm not sure.

Check this out, Guys: (very helpful webpage)

www.matadormodels.co.u...nmarks.htm

See "USA" NAfrica/Italy...

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