Austin K6 Fire Engine

[ted angus]

Originally Posted by Larry Hayward

Thanks Ted

No wonder there are no photos then.

Incidentally as for the colour scheme I'm sure you agree that gloss red as shown in the Airfix kit is not correct for WW2 and probably not even correct for immediate postwar use either.

Would a RAF Fire Engine have been RAF blue with black mudguards in 1946?

I suspect gloss red colour on RAF fire Engines was introduced in the late 1950s.

During WW2 they were camo relevant to the theatre of Ops plus scheme in use at the time. - then in april 46 semi gloss RAF blue grey with black wings etc june 49 gloss RAF blue grey with black wings. october 49 BS 537 signal red intro for all fire tenders. photo evidence that many units kept the black wings after going over to red. The dates I give are from Air ministry Orders but bear in mind change of colour was often notified to units possibly 3 months by letter or signal before the AMO dates I quoted and repaints then undertaken over a protracted period.

TED