AOP scout car

[Mike K]

Pics from the same source

[Mike K]

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[Big D]

Hi Mike,

Great pictures! Is that camouflage pattern of a type seen on these vehicles during the WW2 period or post-war?

Am still thinking about the paint for my one.

Cheers

Darryl

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Big D

Hi Mike,

Great pictures! Is that camouflage pattern of a type seen on these vehicles during the WW2 period or post-war?

Am still thinking about the paint for my one.

Cheers

Darryl

hi Darryl

That is the WW2 camo scheme . It is not easy to be definitive about colours , but at a guess, the lighter colour is a buff yellowy colour and the darker shade is green .

[Big D]

Hi Mike

Thanks for that. I always liked the paint pattern on the M3A1 Scout Car at Bandiana which is very similar to the patterns in these photos but thought that the lighter colour on that one could have had a shade more yellow in it.

Any other pointers on trying to get a match on the 'buff yellowy' colour'?

Cheers

Darryl

[Dianaa]

Hi Darrell

The July 1942 two colour cam scheme were officially "khaki green ASC J" base colour with "Light earth ASC W" paint manufacturers/wholsalers like Protec have the Australian Standard Colour charts and can usually produce a formula using modern paints and synthetic tints.



Diana

BTW: By November 1942 the standard cam scheme changed to a three colour scheme replacing light earth with vehicle grey and adding dark green.

Note 2. BSC colours do not always match ASC colours.

[Tony Smith]

More on colour standards/schemes HERE.