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Missing Something

Enigma1

Joined: February 22, 2010
KitMaker: 53 posts
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Posted: Monday, January 30, 2017 - 04:10 AM UTC
As I was going through my next builds I noticed something. On the decal sheets I have German crosses, and numbers, but no unit markings. Is this something exclusive to Dragon or all manufacturers doing this? Just wondering Cheers
Posted: Monday, January 30, 2017 - 04:26 AM UTC
Maybe your Dragon kits are all marked "Unidentified Unit, 194xx".


Enigma1

Joined: February 22, 2010
KitMaker: 53 posts
Armorama: 40 posts

Posted: Monday, January 30, 2017 - 04:28 AM UTC
Hmmm


ReluctantRenegade

Joined: March 09, 2016
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Posted: Monday, January 30, 2017 - 12:58 PM UTC
What are exactly those next builds?

varanusk



Joined: July 04, 2013
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Posted: Monday, January 30, 2017 - 02:18 PM UTC
Correct... some vehicles did not carry any marking other that the crosses, specially at the end of the war.

GeraldOwens

Joined: March 30, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 05:09 AM UTC
Later in the war, unit markings on tanks and self-propelled guns began to disappear (there were exceptions, like the 505th Heavy Tank battalion, with its huge charging knight figure painted on the King Tiger turret sides). Presumably, it was a security measure. Rear echelon vehicles generally continued to carry unit markings, though, as did many light armored vehicles, like halftracks.
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