Stuka
Well-Known Member
Lately I bought this 5,5" shell. It is my first unfired 100lb HE and adds nicely to my other 5,5" shells.
It has been repainted sometime in the past, but it was not really to my liking. Good from far, but far from good.
There was some rust under the paint and the part below the driving band hasn't been puttied at all, showing lots of pitting and different shades of yellow paint.
So I decided to strip it back to bare metal, fill the pitting smooth and paint it yellow once again.
A bit sad as someone has obviously put quite some effort in repainting it and now I am removing all of it
Puttying.
Painting.
I have painted it yellow again, and it looks much better.
I only need to add the markings and the green band.
But where should I position the green band? And how about the markings, what would the original markings have looked like? Does anyone have a picture of an original shell for me?
Any pics or drawings are welcome as I'm planning to repaint one of my 80lb shells as well
Thomas.
It has been repainted sometime in the past, but it was not really to my liking. Good from far, but far from good.
There was some rust under the paint and the part below the driving band hasn't been puttied at all, showing lots of pitting and different shades of yellow paint.
So I decided to strip it back to bare metal, fill the pitting smooth and paint it yellow once again.
A bit sad as someone has obviously put quite some effort in repainting it and now I am removing all of it
Puttying.
Painting.
I have painted it yellow again, and it looks much better.
I only need to add the markings and the green band.
But where should I position the green band? And how about the markings, what would the original markings have looked like? Does anyone have a picture of an original shell for me?
Any pics or drawings are welcome as I'm planning to repaint one of my 80lb shells as well
Thomas.
