The last month or so have not been kind to those of us who have to paint in the (unheated) garage. The bow opening has been waiting for the right combination of temperature and time and I'm happy to report that less than a square inch of modelling was completed on Saturday:
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I decided to build
LST-262 (I'm a fan of the Me-262, plus she was at Normandy, which is also an interest, etc.) and there's not really a ton of good detail information on her paint. We can tell she was in Measure 22, but the actual inside of the bow doors varies quite a bit. The only photo showing this area shows it to be pretty dark:
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Not that the LST beyond her has door inners that look a touch lighter. I've seen Haze gray, green, Navy Blue, Ocean Gray, and a Measure 22-like graded with different heights of the Navy Blue on each side. I decided to go with 5-O Ocean gray just to keep the bow area from being a bit of a black hole. The "deck" under the ramp will be better painted in hull red next, along with some weathering, and we should be largely done with the hull at that point - I'll just need to do the doors and ramp themselves.
I do have the AFV Club Photo etch for the kit as well and will be taking a look at that soon.
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