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| Subject: | Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat |  |
| Date: | Sep 6, 2006 |
| From: | Adam Weber | |
I'm glad this thread come up; not that I have any info to add,
other than echoing and confirming the excellence of Belton
Cooper's book "Death Traps," but it seems to me that a lot
of models go way overboard with the "paint chipping." It
makes the AFV's look (in my opinion) forty to fifty years
old; i.e., like original tanks parked on a display pad. Why
should a relatively new tank have such a deteriorated paint
job? Faded paint, sure, but a single coat of paint over a
coat of primer should last a LOT longer. You usually only
get a lot of flaking with multiple coats, like a five-year-
old vehicle in peacetime (we painted our 113's every year, and
the washrack would peel that stuff right off, in places).
This is just my opinion, understand, and I know there are always
exceptions; crappy paint, rushed paint job, etc., but folks need
to dial WAY back on the chipped paint.
Adam Weber |
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 | Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Gary Cooper - Sep 5, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Bruno COLLIN - Sep 6, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Clair Greenwood - Sep 6, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - John Yergin - Sep 6, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Adam Weber - Sep 6, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Gary Cooper - Sep 6, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - John Yergin - Sep 6, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - MATT EDWARDS - Sep 7, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Mario Abela - Sep 7, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - James Wechsler - Sep 7, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Joe Bakanovic - Sep 7, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Darryl Palmer - Sep 7, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Adam Weber - Sep 7, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Wally Tubell - Sep 7, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - Magnus Schmauch - Sep 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: What about the crew - Ralph Koziarski - Sep 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: What about the crew - Wally Tubell - Sep 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: What about the crew [IMG] - michael kenny - Sep 10, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - James Wechsler - Sep 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Life expectancy of an AFV in combat - MATT EDWARDS - Sep 8, 2006 |
| . . . Hand oils, worn off dust - Roy Chow - Sep 8, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: My observations - Ed Hall - Sep 10, 2006 |
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