[WWI] Machine gun color question.

[ernest thomas]

Patrick,

Without commenting on how the guns were finished in real life, I will share my gun finishing method that I'm pretty happy with. Paint it flat black. Then come backand rub graphite powder on it. I get the graphite by rubbing a pencil on a piece of sandpaper. It gives just the right look, imo. 

E.
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> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 14:59:15 +0200
> From: knuterha at eunet.no
> To: wwi at wwi-models.org
> CC: festercook at msn.com
> Subject: [WWI] Machine gun color question.
> 
> Hei,
> 
> A photo from my recent visit to Koblenz.
> 
> This is the time when a photo says more than a 1000 words, so I have made
> an attachment instead of trying to describe the different nuances of
> black.
> 
> 
> Eders
> Knut Erik
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi all - please, please forgive the newbie question I am about to put out
> > to you all but I don't have a lot of knowledge on this topic.
> >
> > What color would most likely be correct for the machine guns on a Fokker
> > Dr.I? Straight black, gun metal, or maybe black with some blue mixed in?
> > Satin finish or glossy?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Patrick C.
> > Atlanta

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