Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Mike Cecil]

Gina,

The conservators often take a different approach: with a scalpel, chip off a small piece of undisturbed paint to the metal, so you have a chip with all paint layers in-tact.

Mount this vertically in resin, then sand across it to expose the edge. Look at this under a microscope and the sequence of layers will be revealed in one go.

This is usually done in multiple places to ensure that the whole 'picture' can be worked out.

Just a thought....

Mike