And back on the topic of OD, my Monogram Publications guide shows paint chips with OD in at least three different official shades – all in use at the same time – up into WW II. As long as it isn’t too green, you can’t really go wrong with that color. Oh, and if you want to put a stripe on anything small, like a bomb or even a tailhook, get those tiny rubber bands for eyeglasses at the checkout stand at your neighborhood pharmacy, next to the tiny screws and screwdrivers. So many words we have written on a tiny little yellow stripe. I don’t want to think to hard about that one.
Paint the tip of the bomb yellow. Make a tube of tape or paper that has the diameter of the bomb where the yellow ends, slip it over the end of the bomb, and apply the O.D. For paper, you can use a postit, since it has glue on one edge already.
Well guys I did it and it worked really good.
What I did was paint the tip of the bomb yellow as you said and after a few hours drying I tried this technique.
I cut a piece of heat shrink tubing about 1" long and squared the end off the best I could with a new razor blade. I then slipped it over the end of the bomb and it stayed in place nicely because of the heat shrink tubing’s rubber-like nature. The results are below from a 500 lb extended fuse Mk82 that is going on the Skyraider. [:D]
Mike
Looks good Mike. I never tried heat shrink tubing but it looks like it did the trick.
another way is to chuck you ordance in a dril and tape the drill motor to your table and run at slow speed and dip brush in paint wipe on rag and then paint the strip on. i do this when making arrows