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Post by rushzombie on Nov 28, 2009 22:35:20 GMT 1
ok heres a question,did they have yellow liferafts in the 2nd world war and why were they yellow in wartime,surely they would have been a prime target,seen a few models with yellow and some grey also some without them lol, has any one got any veiws on this ,i,m leaning towards painting them grey as the yellow to me doesnt seem historically correct ?
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Post by eric on Nov 29, 2009 20:39:47 GMT 1
There was no 'one' way to paint the liferafts, some ships had them painted as part of the overall camo, others left them yellow. On the bismarck they would not have bothered painting them grey, I don't think it would have made any difference, if you were close enough to make out the yellow liferafts you had probably already noticed the 55,000 tons of ship they were attached to!!!
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Post by mike on Dec 1, 2009 10:04:43 GMT 1
Have to agree with Eric, But I think the yellow would not have been so bright as new, it would dull down after a few months. mike
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Post by Achtung!! on Dec 1, 2009 10:40:41 GMT 1
Could you not weather the paint before painting?
Add a bit of black or grey.
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Post by rushzombie on Dec 1, 2009 16:14:19 GMT 1
i finally went with the yellow,got fed up trying different colours finished issue 138 which was a long time doing,then behold i open 139 and yet more pages and pages,140 is even worse lol
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Post by rem2007 on Dec 1, 2009 23:56:00 GMT 1
Hi Rush,
A little weathering may do the trick, there were a couple articles recently in Model Boats, If you'd like I could scan and sent to you, they talk about some very effective weathering techniques, just a thought.
Robert
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Post by jim on Dec 7, 2009 2:12:16 GMT 1
prior to flourescent orange, yellow was the colour of choice. lets be honest battles were fought from miles away, don't think a yellow life raft would have stuck out on the horizon as much as a 56,000 ton battleship.
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