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  • Member since
    February 2013
  • From: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Stug 3 Side Skirts
Posted by Recon89 on Friday, May 3, 2013 3:01 PM

On the thin armor "skirts" on the Stug 3 model that I am doing, would these have been camoflaged on both sides of the skirts, or just on the side facing the outside?  I can't find any photos that show one way or the other.

Thanks

  • Member since
    December 2006
  • From: N. Georgia
Posted by Jester75 on Friday, May 3, 2013 3:07 PM

I think the general consensus is the outside only. No real reason to waste time and resources painting camo on the side that wouldn't have even be seen.

Eric

 

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    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Friday, May 3, 2013 4:06 PM

I second Eric. And I think the inside would be Dark Yellow rather than primer red, though I am not 100% sure on that.

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  • Member since
    February 2013
  • From: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Posted by Recon89 on Saturday, May 4, 2013 8:19 AM

Thanks for the help.  I agree the inside would be the dark yellow and not primer.  Just didn't know about the outside.  I have also seen pictures of the camo on the outside being different between skirts.  The explaination was that the skirts were damaged and replaced with others.

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, May 4, 2013 11:59 AM

That's true Recon. The plates were not secured to the vehicles but hung in such a way that it that got tangled that would come off rather than foul up the vehicle. This means its not uncommon to see vehicles with plates missing or plates in a different pattern.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Saturday, May 4, 2013 9:14 PM

Bish

I second Eric. And I think the inside would be Dark Yellow rather than primer red, though I am not 100% sure on that.

I'd second that.

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 Eric 

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  • From: Cameron, Texas
Posted by Texgunner on Sunday, May 5, 2013 10:18 AM

Bish

That's true Recon. The plates were not secured to the vehicles but hung in such a way that it that got tangled that would come off rather than foul up the vehicle. This means its not uncommon to see vehicles with plates missing or plates in a different pattern.

You mean, like this?

It was certainly faster to just build about half of the plates for this Panther.  At first I had planned on doing both side completely, but I thought, as you said Bish, that many vehicles would lose plates in action and the result would look something like I tried to replicate.

Gary


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