Another dusty derelict from the Partizan plane purchase now. This only slightly ratty B-25 was finished in a fetching shade of dark blue (under half an inch of dust) but the markings were at best decidedly flaky.
My efforts involved some repairs and a new set of decals. I decided to preserve the dust - it's an original feature!
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A. Had you no thrill when you stood somewhere where a poet had said "Stop; for thy tread is on an empire's dust"?
Z. A guide, you mean. Theyd take the poetry out of anything; and all the time youre thinking what you ought to give them. If you fancy empires' dusts and all that sort of thing you should meet our vicar and start him talking about our standing stones, and the barrows on the downs, and the Mound. Every grain of our dust, he says, is full of history. Same everywhere, I expect.
A. Are you married?
Z. No. Why? Have you any intentions?
A. Dont be in a hurry. Weve known each other less than ten minutes.
GBS, A Village Wooing.
Terrible important stuff dust.
The dust is rather stylish, the sort of thing plastic modellers spend a fortune on chalks etc to try and reproduce.
Of course, military equipment does acquire dust while in use. Until an NCO drags a hapless conscript out to paint it afresh, as an alternative to mopping rainwater off the parade ground.
The problem is that our actual dust accumulates in 1/1 scale, and is therefore rather too large for our models. If we could apply 1/32, or 1/48, or 1/72 scale dust, that would look much better! But where to get dust in 1/32 scale?
And if my tongue could be further in my cheek, I'd talk funny!
Of course, military equipment does acquire dust while in use. Until an NCO drags a hapless conscript out to paint it afresh, as an alternative to mopping rainwater off the parade ground.
The problem is that our actual dust accumulates in 1/1 scale, and is therefore rather too large for our models. If we could apply 1/32, or 1/48, or 1/72 scale dust, that would look much better! But where to get dust in 1/32 scale?
And if my tongue could be further in my cheek, I'd talk funny!
Give it a scrub - don't be idle :-)
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