M8 restoration
Hi all,
Attached are a few more photos of some work done in the last couple of days, as well as some parts I need to blast and paint. Im at the point where in between other jobs I need to get some of these parts painted in their final colour so that they can be bolted in once the hull is back from blasting and painting.
I dont think Ive seen it anywhere else on these forums but Im after confirmation of the paint colour on the various hull parts and internals on the M8. I have accumulated many photographs of restored M8s and have noted quite a few differences in paint colour on various items between different M8s. As an example, I have an uncut 37mm gun mount which I was told came out of an unrestored M8. However, it appears to have original white paint on it and I havent seen any others with a white gun mount.
This is the list Ive come up with so far and the colours and variations Ive noted. Youll see that I have seen both olive drab and white colouring on some parts:
hull inner walls - white
hull floor - olive drab
turret inner walls - olive drab
turret seats - olive drab?/white?
turret seat frame - olive drab?/white?
turret hold down roller covers- white
traverse gear - white
37mm gun - olive drab
37mm gun mount - olive drab?/white?
37mm gun parts - olive drab
37mm ready racks - olive drab
37mm spare parts box - white
.30 cal spare parts box - white
oddments container - white
binocular container - white
grenade boxes - white
flare box - white
turret support rollers - white
ring gear - olive drab?/white?
water can - olive drab
fire extinguisher bracket - olive drab?/white?
Driver and co-driver seats - olive drab?/white?
water can bracket - olive drab?/white?
hydrovac - white
Does anyone have any comment either way on what Ive recorded so far? Id like to get the paint colour right first time.
Thanks.
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Cheers,
Darryl Lennane
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