phantom Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 What color where these normally painted? I have mine nearly done and want to get them painted for my diorama? The revetments that were released by Lone Star Models, can they be used for desert Storm and the current conflict in Afghanistan? Happy Modeling Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showtime 100 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Do you have a pic of what you're talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssgt462 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Our revetments at Tuy Hoa AB, RVN were OD in color back in 67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssgt462 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Here is one of my revetment photos including an F-4 [/url] Showtime 100 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showtime 100 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Very interesting loadout. One TER showing MK 82's with fuse extenders and the other TER with MK 82's with normal fuses. As for the revetments; I believe they were grey. I'm not sure which FS color #. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssgt462 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 No disrespect intended...I spent 6 years in the USAF looking at them...They were a darker shade of OD but they were OD...That's why I sent the photo showing the F-4 parked in a revetment !!! This was in the RVN = 67 thru 70... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 Thanks for the info. I hope to have them painted this weekend. Happy Modeling Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssgt462 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Mike, You are welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propwash Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I was stationed at Phu Cat AB, Vietnam from Dec. 1969 to Dec. 1970. I can vouch for the fact that revetments were painted dark OD. As I remember, most of them also had a patina of rust and some even had large rusty patches. If you tried to climb on them, you'd end up with rust on your hands and clothes. Jerry Peterson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssgt462 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Jerry knows what he's talking about...exactly as he stated... Thanks Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 No disrespect intended...I spent 6 years in the USAF looking at them...They were a darker shade of OD but they were OD...That's why I sent the photo showing the F-4 parked in a revetment !!! This was in the RVN = 67 thru 70... can't fight first-hand experience!! Thanks Sarge!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 I got the revetments painted. Did aluminum show through along with the rust? I am going to be doing some weathering this weekend. Happy Modeling Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propwash Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I got the revetments painted. Did aluminum show through along with the rust? I am going to be doing some weathering this weekend. Happy Modeling Mike The revetments were made of large, steel sections with sand in between. I remember seeing some revetments that had taken shrapnel damage from rockets and mortars and were had spots of bare metal exposed, but this exposed metal quickly rusted in the humid tropical climate. Not much attention was given to maintaining the revetments since it was generally acknowledged that we were only there for a short stay. I have a bunch of pictures I took of the flight line, but they're slides (how many people remember those?)and can't be displayed here in their current format, at least not with my current scanner. One of these days I'll get around to converting them to a digital format. Jerry Peterson Jerry Peterson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Weird, I thought I already posted this here, but apparently didn't. I'd have to go along with the O.D./dark green thinking, (for the most part). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Looking at Kevin's photo I would say any where from black to dull galvanized steel color. As I remember ours at Ubon in the early 70s I have to say "very" dark green to black with lots of areas that had little to no paint much like Kevin's photo shows. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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