10-19-2010, 01:06 AM
Paul, I would be very doubtful that those rather randomly painted dots were meant to represent rivets. Of more interest is the fact that the abdomen seems to be made up of, or re-inforced by, rectangular panels.
Dan's point should provide a salutary warning to making assumptions about iconographical representations ! :wink:
Dan's point should provide a salutary warning to making assumptions about iconographical representations ! :wink:
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
