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| Subject: | Re: photos |  |
| Date: | Jan 1, 2004 |
| From: | Kurt Laughlin | |
"Mike Griffin" wrote
> Thanks for your comment Kurt. I wonder if the two-tone sand and green camo
schemes, such as the one shown landing in Sicily on p.16 of Shermans in
Action (Culver), are field applied (and therefore inferior) sand over
factory olive drab. That photo shows a blue drab WD no., so it makes me
think it may have been done, if not at the factory, at some vehicle prep
recieving area.
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> I appears that many of the M4's serving in Italy were two-tone. If both
colors were the same quality of application, weathering would be independent
of color.
US camo in WW II was all field applied, except I think for the "snow
leopard" scheme seen on M28 weasels. The applying units would have been
ordnance maintenance or engineer camouflage companies, so the application
methods and materials would have been pretty good (i.e., spray guns and GI
paints for the most part). The issue, as Ed mentioned, was surface
preparation. Prep is the key to all painting, be it tanks, models, or
houses. Generally the only prep was stowage removal and a hose off, but
frequently not even that. Also, with some of the engineer camo paints the
issue wasn't really quality but the fact that they were not made for
permanent application to previously painted vehicle surfaces. Both of these
factors would lead to poorer adhesion. With regard to registration numbers,
stars, and bumper codes, these were often covered with tape or grease before
painting to save time in re-marking.
About the only crew applied camouflage for the US was foliage, whitewash,
and mud.
HTH,
KL |
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 | U.S. Armor Paint - Mike Griffin - Dec 31, 2003 |
| . . . Re: U.S. Armor Paint - Kurt Laughlin - Dec 31, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: U.S. Armor Paint - Mike Griffin - Jan 1, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . photos - Ed Gilbert - Jan 1, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: photos - Mike Griffin - Jan 1, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: photos - Kurt Laughlin - Jan 1, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: photos - Mike Griffin - Jan 1, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: photos - Kurt Laughlin - Jan 1, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . secondary paint, and desert weathering - Ed Gilbert - Jan 2, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: secondary paint, and desert weathering - Kurt Laughlin - Jan 1, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: secondary paint, and desert weathering - Mike Griffin - Jan 2, 2004 |
| . . . tough paint - Ed Gilbert - Jan 1, 2004 |
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