Perhaps I got carried away....

[chris vickery]

Hi Mike

I would think that the roundel would have been applied to the outside only, as in the case of D Day invasion markings as well.

Depending on what you are trying to depict, my best advice is to not "over-do" your markings. Remember, many of these markings were applied at the field level with whatever was on hand in order to follow orders.

I have always considered the worn out battlefield condition of paint, wear and tear etc to be more representative of what vehs really looked like. Sure factory fresh is OK too byt there is something really neat about the worn in look.

The roundel fell out of favour as the Allies gained air superiority, esp in the Sicilian campain. If you wanted to represent this period it would be cool to "weather" your markings.

I have often thought that if I was ever to do up a cmp, jeep etc as a D Day eg that I would apply the invasion stars and then hastily paint over them, just as many of our guys did. Sounds dumb I know to go to all the work of paint and repaint but in reality, thats what often happened, esp in the case of invasion stars. The Canadian Army hated them, feeling as though they were being Americanized and went to whatever extent to bend and or break the rules. Hence it is often seen where the orders were followed but the stars went on upside down etc...