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Under that darker patch above the name, I can only assume it used to say, "The Movie."

-Tim

OD varied considerably between manufacturers when fresh, and once it started fading it could end up anything from light green to peanut butter brown to a purplish hue. I think the shades on "Nine-Oh-Nine" and "Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby" are relatively close to what the Belle should be. As for P-47s, they often look quite dark and almost semi-gloss in period photos. I've heard stories that fighters were sometimes waxed..that would make the paint appear darker and shinier, by I don't know if it was common practice on Thunderbolts.

SN

Under that darker patch above the name, I can only assume it used to say, "The Movie."

-Tim

A great deal will rest upon which film stock the Wyler documentary was shot on as different movie film recorded the same item differently from anothers supplier. If Warners say used mostly KODAK film stock then the prop department knew that any 'blood' in the upcoming picture had to be mixed to a color card so it didn't look like ketchup or brown paint, old, cheaply done color films used whatever they could wrangle from a prop department so the 'blood' from a vampire might look like thin steak sauce because the mixology was wrong for the filmstock used.