Estava lendo uma discussão hoje na SteelNavy e pesquei algumas pÉrolas.
There's an article on Hyperscale about Marine Harriers by a man who worked on them. He mentioned the re-painting for Desert Storm. They took a paint bucket full of white and added black to it--one coffee cup at a time--until the gray looked okay.
I had with one of the chief's at the Groton Base a while back. He told me that for ceremonies on the deck of his submarine (like change of command, awards, etc.) they would "spiff up" the exposed hull with fresh paint. I asked him what the formula was for the black and he said, "Oh we just go get some black house paint at the local Sears". And, you can bet it was indeed applied by E3 sailors.
if you see any of the subs coming in after two months at sea, their black hulls have faded to a very dark charcoal gray. That was when I stopped worrying about correct FS numbers and did the "looks about right" paint mixing.
But now I've seen models that look better than the real thing. In 2014 I saw theLos Angeles class fast attack submarine, the USS Providence, at Groton and she didn't have one straight paint line on the hull. That thing looked like a boat painted by a E-3 sailor who had been on duty for 12 hours.
Acho que deve ser assim ao redor do mundo.
