If you think pink is bad, I'm presently reading an old book about the LRD=
G, called the "Phantom Major".
They say they painted their vehicles, rose and light green. How's about =
that for decorative.
Rgds,
John
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> Darren
>
> > either, is correct. I personally like the Khaki over the olive drab =
but I'm
> > more interested in originality.
> >
> > Can anyone clarify this for me?
>
> I will give you one guess as to what colour Olive Drab canvas fades to =
if
> it sees enough sun light? Out here, highly likely; it also becomes
> brittle.
>
> So you could use Khaki canvas and be accurate, but not new condition
> Khaki canvas if you really wanted to be technical.
>
> I have seen lots of jeep wrecks out here where the olive drab and
> jungle green paint has faded to more resemble Khaki than green, they
> probably looked this way for more of there service life than they did
> green.
>
> I believe it was discovered during the North African campaign that the
> "Sand Yellow" paint had a habit of fading to pink, not a very military
> colour! Then someone noticed that the pink was a better camouflage
> than the yellow. The English LRDG changed to pink paint due to this
> reason. There is/was a pink Kittyhawk fighter on the US airshow
> circuit, owned and flown by a female. Despite first appearances she
> does have a point, as the Kittyhawk could quite possibly have
> appeared this way!
>
> So where does one draw the line? Precisely what era, what theatre and
> what "exposure" do you want to portay? The effects of sun and time will
> change virtually any dark colour to something different, if you ever
> try to get paint matched to a genuine, yet aged sample, it becomes
> complicated though possible.
>
> When it really boils down to it, personnal preference counts for a lot,
> unless that is you are lining up for "concours-d'-elegance".
>
> Regards
> Doug
>
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