As discussed in the What the postman brought thread yesterday I am doing it in US Olive Drab as per colour illustration and without side plates. @BootsDMS I found this: https://olive-drab.com/od_mvg_odpaint.php
and now I am even more baffled as to the OD to put on.
I found one site that suggested it was FS 34087 which is mentioned in the article above and I have this in stock: @Johnnych01 I have made a start on it.
I am following the build sequence in the instructions at least for the time being so it starts with the six suspension units.
You have to be careful when cutting some parts of the sprue, the circled area in the next picture is just a continuation of the sprue gate and would be very easy to remove by mistake
The next picture shows the six units assembled. The link arms on four of them have grossly undersize holes and if connected would mean the workable suspension is locked in one position.
They want you to glue the tyres on the wheels straight away. I have left them off to make painting easier.
After cleaning them up with a sponge sander dipped in water I gave them a bath in one of my ultrasonic cleaners, a drop of washing up liquid in cold tap water,zapped for a few minutes, rinsed and left to air dry while I get on with something else.
Well, FS 34087 appears to be the “brownish” shade of OD I mentioned originally - I think(!) More than happy to be corrected by those with more knowledge than I (ie most I imagine) re OD. This would tie-in with what I see when I view these - filched from, I think, Missing Lynx - and I hope they don’t mind in the spirit of all things modelling:
Apologies in advance to those OD aficionados at the use of my term “brownish”; any guidance re the true nature of OD colours gratefully received by yours truly, in addition to Catsrcool I should think.
The thing is US tanks in Berlin at the time were in this colour - I appreciate the degradation/variation of colour film - which is some way off (too much so?) from the Cents shown above:
I think the thing was that all units in Berlin were politically representational vehicles hence the effort spent on their appearance (and hopefully, maintenance); units in Berlin were literally flying the flag and had to be seen to be up to the mark. That the British Army therefore ensured that their vehicles were all “bulled-up” might be seen as a detrimental aspect but would explain why they looked the way they did. 'Still doesn’t answer why a US colour was chosen though(!)
