I will now collapse off my soapbox.
James Shanks
n1vbn@bit-net.com
(N1VBN is my Ham Radio callsign)
n1vbn@wb1dsw.nh.usa.noam
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Rose <m151a1@micron.net>
To: Eugene PANTANO <snoshu@market1.com>; SCHERRER, TIM
<TIMS@ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU>; mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Painting MVs
>Wow, TOP, you're old.
>
>Are there any other members of the War between the states still around?
>
>Dirt works really well on M1's when painting. Makes a nice surface.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eugene PANTANO <snoshu@market1.com>
>To: SCHERRER, TIM <TIMS@ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU>; mil-veh@skylee.com
><mil-veh@skylee.com>
>Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 8:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [MV] Painting MVs
>
>
>>Did you have to pay this guy to make that statement..??? I don't know
>>guys..now really. Gloss paints have a "clear" in them. While curing, the
>>gloss comes to the surface when the paint "flashes".. Get my drift. Then
>>when you begin to wear this "gloss" coat off the OD paint..?? what do you
>>think is going to happen..?? Yup--you get those ugly white edges.. Stick
to
>>the real stuff (talc?? $&& $%#$) I used talc on my models as a filler on
>>the balsa... but that was before dirt. In the real army we went as far as
>>to mix "extra fine" sand in the paint that we strained through some brass
>>screens that were ripped from a diesel filter. We even used powdered metal
>>for attracting radar..sure lit up the MILES gear.....!!!! Remember guys,
I
>>was born before Hitler invaded Poland...1SG PANTANO
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: SCHERRER, TIM <TIMS@ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU>
>>To: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
>>Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 12:39 PM
>>Subject: [MV] Painting MVs
>>
>>
>>>Hi to everyone.
>>>
>>>I don't claim to be an expert, or in fact claim to be a novice either in
>>>this area, but I am curious to what people think of this.
>>>
>>>Last May I was talking to some of the people at the Armed Forces Museum
>>>in St Louis, and they suggested one way to better prevent rusting of
>>>flat OD painted vehicles is to use a gloss coat of the same color on the
>>>primer, and the top coat as flat. If the flat wears off you get a
>>>shiner spot, but the paint does a better job overall of protecting the
>>>metal.
>>>
>>>Has anyone else done this or know anything about this?
>>>
>>>TAS
>>>
>>>************************************************************************
>>>* Tim A. Scherrer "You'll be fighting WWII for the rest of *
>>>* Facilities Supervisor your life", Ron Scherrer, 1971 *
>>>* Truman State University *
>>>* WP: 816-785-5551 CPT, MI, USAR *
>>>* WF: 816-785-4201 Commander, D/2/334th INF RGT *
>>>* HP: 816-665-6704 *
>>>* E-mail: TIMS@ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU *
>>>************************************************************************
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