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Gray Ghost - 04 Apr 2008 03:10 GMT

So I'm down at the tank barn painting grousers for our M5A1s Tuesday night.
As I'm painting, I'm thinking, man this paint looks really good, best OD I've
ever seen. I look at the can and realize it says 1944 Olive Drab US. Now I'm
thinking... Hmmmm...

It looks a little thick, but if I can thin it enough to shoot through the
airbrush...

So the boss man said to bring some containers and I can cop a pint or 2 and
the acrylic reducer for it, too. I'd like to have a rivet counter complain
anout the shade now. Well gee we paint our 1:1 scale tanks with this and we
keep getting noticed for how authentic they look. Doh!

Damn shame about the rain, though. We were supposed to have a battle this
weekend at Fort Campbell, we was gonna whip on some Nazis. The Tiger from SPR
was supposed to be there. Then the range officer decides it's to wet for
tracked vehicles. I'll bet the GIs wished they could call a timeout for
inclement weather!

Frank

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Enzo Matrix - 04 Apr 2008 08:06 GMT

> So I'm down at the tank barn painting grousers for our M5A1s Tuesday
> night. As I'm painting, I'm thinking, man this paint looks really
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> tanks with this and we keep getting noticed for how authentic they
> look. Doh!

Sadly, someone will come along and claim that you should be adding a little
pale grey to produce a "scale colour" effect. And the second you do that,
someone else will claim "oh, it's a little too light"!

Best to ignore them all. You won't please everyone so you might as well just
please the only person who matters. You!

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Don Stauffer in Minnesota - 04 Apr 2008 15:22 GMT

> Sadly, someone will come along and claim that you should be adding a little
> pale grey to produce a "scale colour" effect. And the second you do that,
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> --
> Enzo

I only use "scale effect" for model ships. Scale effect is due to the
contrast-reduction effects of atmospheric haze at long distances.
Viewing a 1:600 scale ship at ordinary viewing distances does
represent viewing the ship from a quarter mile or so away, and the
atmosphere can desaturate colors at that distance. The scale distance
you view even a 1:72 scale airplane, or a model car at, would only
create this effect on a VERY foggy day.

Now, there is another effect which reduces paint saturation- chalking
due to sunlight on older paints. It is legit to duplicate this as part
of weathering. But it is NOT scale effect.

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WmB - 04 Apr 2008 19:58 GMT

"Gray Ghost" <grey_ghost471-newsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> We were supposed to have a battle this
> weekend at Fort Campbell, we was gonna whip on some Nazis. The Tiger from
> SPR
> was supposed to be there.
>
> Frank

I take it you were leaving the M5 Stu behind and bringing along an Abrams.
;-)

WmB

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Gray Ghost - 05 Apr 2008 00:52 GMT

" WmB" <HELLinhock@earthlink.net> wrote in news:X_ednYkyR-
PD72vanZ2dnUVZ_tKinZ2d@earthlink.com:

> "Gray Ghost" <grey_ghost471-newsgroups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> We were supposed to have a battle this
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>
> WmB

Supposedly the boss has a plan. They whipped the Tiger last time. Sadly the
war was called on account of rain.

Maybe he's got some paint shells?

Frank

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Enzo Matrix - 05 Apr 2008 07:50 GMT

> " WmB" <HELLinhock@earthlink.net> wrote in news:X_ednYkyR-
> PD72vanZ2dnUVZ_tKinZ2d@earthlink.com:
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> Maybe he's got some paint shells?

LOL

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