Whilst stripping off the military light green paint I found gold paint underneath. Undercoat? or something else?
@ROBBO55 Me neither! But it sure looks like it. Here is a photo of the fount before I put paint stripper on it.
@Anthony Looks very similar. I was amazed the paint stripper removed all the green paint but left the underlying gold substance or paint. Was it originally gold and then painted green for a certain customer. Will be interested in what turns up.
Further post here of some more images showing what I beileve to be gold paint on the Aladdin 1A after I stripped off the light green Army type colour. Just for further clarification and discussion. This last image shows the green colour that was all over the tank before I stripped the paint off.
@Sedgman These two discarded stress-cracked early Aladdin 1As have gold over brass under green (two different greens): Cheers Tony
I have seen that gold under the green paint before but just assumed it was brass that hadn't corroded yet. Maybe the gold paint is some type of undercoat.
