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Ratel ICV - INFANTRY COMBAT VEHICLE |
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Written by William Marshall - SA Colour & Markings Armour
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Sunday, 09 July 2000 |
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Page 7 of 10 PAINTING THE MODEL: The "Red 30" callsign was first painted by spraying a patch of red paint. Once dry, I placed a Letraset 30 on the red patch and proceeded to paint the vehicle SADF brown. The model was painted in overall SANDF brown. Humbrol 29 is the closest to this colour. I then mixed a batch of paint using Humbrol 29 as the base colour and darkened the shade with black. This was used to shade the model. I then lightened the base colour of Humbrol 29 with some white and then accentuated the model where I thought that the sun would fade the paint. Once the painting was completed I removed the Letraset "30" with some masking tape and gave the model a coat of Future clear to seal all components. I then proceeded to give the model a wash of matt black oil paint. Next followed the dry brushing with a dirty white oil paint and some silver was used to highlight the high wear areas. I added the camouflage net wrapped in its tarpaulin container and some pioneer tools.
ABBREVIATIONS:- ICV - Infantry Combat Vehicle
- HF - High Frequency
- FSV - Fire Support Vehicle
- VHF - Very High Frequency
- SAI - South African Infantry
- EW - Electronic Warfare
- BN - Battalion
- RNT - Regt Northern Transvaal
- MECH - Mechanised
- RWP - Regt Western Province
- OPS - Operation
- SSB - Special Service Battalion


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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 February 2007 )
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