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Old 11-30-2007, 10:35 AM   #71 (permalink)
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Re: Beauty of the Burst !

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Originally Posted by FUS44 View Post
The thing that strikes me about the (few) bursts I have seen in person is how green the finish is. Even one '60 I saw recently, although having the wide tomato soup burst, had greenish tint to the middle of the burst.
Even in some of the non-studio BOTB pics you can see it a little.
Vintage Burst's are sprayed with a yellow undercoat and then a blue with red on top to give it depth !! When the blue fades slower than the red in the Burst .. You end up with greening !!!
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