keen lintel
A unique re-paint for the S282 based on a wartime repaint which made the steamers at that time hard to spot. The repaint would work for both the main unit and the coal/water wagon. Would really be intrestingto see what you guys come up with especially with the S282 wheel arrangement as well
crude light
Might i ask why this was a livery? any practical reason
violet topaz
Might i ask why this was a livery? any practical reason
crude light
i see some kind of illusion
violet topaz
TBH, dazzle is more to confuse, while zebra is more to hide.
warped kiln
if zebra is intended to hide then it misunderstood the brief as zebras use it to confuse
violet topaz
Due to the nature of trains it's, well, harder to confuse where they're going.
radiant ferry
The design is supposed to make it difficult to judge where the camouflaged subject starts and ends, especially on ships. Rangefinding with gunsights usually relied on knowing the size of the target to accurately calculate the range, especially for submarine crews.
1 Mil = what 1 meter looks like viewed from 1km away, 1yd looks viewed from 1000yds, etc.
warped kiln
submarines used more advanced optical systems to measure though, not a human's guesstimation, so a visually confusing profile was not particularly effective
this is combined with a couple of attached dials where you put in the mast height of the ship, from known records, then adjust so that the second image aligns the waterline to the mast tip, and a readout gives you the exact distance to pretty good accuracy
in a more advanced sub it might even be linked to some other systems like a tracking computer
radiant ferry
They also had to figure out their speed to lead the targets, which is where the dazzle is supposed to interfere. Some ships had fake bow splashes painted on to make it look like it was going faster than it really was.
warped kiln
which only worked for a few minutes as once you have ranges and directions you can pretty easily chart its course on a map
and this is just for subs that used visual tracking, battleships were already starting to use radar for rangefinding
radiant ferry
Aye, but dazzle was meant to confuse submarines long enough to give escorts a chance to detect them and respond before a proper attack could be launched.
That's the gist of it, anyway, for WWII. Nowadays, guided missiles work wonders in comparison.
turbid warren
There is also a submarine with a train kill