Kill rings - black or white?

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:lol:

Hi Tim,
All good fun. I must admit I was surprised to see them emblems
on the Creil barrel and the destroyed one in the desert.

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:D Tim,Stewart :D

Can suprise you more with more pictures but i already violated the copyright :?
Happy to see some of the guys here on the forum have build one, there going to be unique pieces...

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Sven I saw one today with yellow rings :?:

Copyright? Was ist das? :lol:

:lol:

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Stewart

Now you are getting :lol: crazy :lol:
Black & white was O.K.
Before you know it you're shooting Pink elephants with your 88 :P

Was it on a model or an original color picture ?

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:lol:

It was on a dragon flak 36 model decal sheet :roll:

Not being seeing elefants yet apart from the renevated one at
aberdeen proving grounds :lol:

You will have me peeking through the curtains next looking for the black
van containing the men wearing white coats :lol:

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Here is one with a difference :)

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Must have had plenty of time on their hands :lol:

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Stewart

Impressive...
Plenty of time and skill but not enough white paint... :P

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:D

Lol I look forward to meeting you on the Belgium trip Sven 8)

Cant come soon enough for me.

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Stewart,
I think black rings would be better on your sand colored gun. Tim is right though, there isn't a right or wrong color. I doubt commanders had the time to dictate what colors to use for this kind of thing - but tigers in Russia used black and white, so maybe there was standardizattion??

Four rings is way too modest for the 88, these things were tank, plane and ship wreckers on the battlefield! I think 14 is a better tally!

Use whatever color for the rings stands out. The excellent photos from Sven <thanks Sven!> look like a dark grey gun. White rings would be better on the dark grey.

I still cannot believe your gun is a stock build. What a gorgeous model. The 88 is one impressive looking gun - all business!
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Stewart

Is it Octobre yet :?

Robert

You're right 4 is too less, if you look on the first B/W picture i posted, of the gun on the Belgian shores, you can see there are about 30 lines...
Must of bin a Belgian gunner :lol:

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Bob

Four rings is perfect. Its not even in servcie with its unit yet. Twas on the train when it destroyed 4 aircraft :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Must admit it would look better with a dozen or so 8)

Sven

Should be a fascinating trip.

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Black and white seem to be the most popular

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Stewart

You're wright a lot of the picture where Black and White :)

Just kidding

Just came back from yet another little trip to the Ardennes.
The KT 213 in La Gleize but rain was a major problem.

The trip in Octobre, 2 months to go... 8)

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:wink:

Sven!

28th July - 28th August - 28th September - 28th October erm??????

THREE months mate :lol:

The sooner the beterer :roll:

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Stewart

What's a month...

I already went back for a 2 day trip to La Gleize...
Before going to The Ardennes in octobre i would like to go to the archives in Freiburg...
The Ardennes is one thing but as i've heard the Archives will blow your mind...The info, drawings and pictures they have there...
You could stay there a month and still not be wanting to leave...

See you in Octobre (and the others...)

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