Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

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Hi all,

I’ve been following this paint discussion since my last post and I thought this might have been of interest.

As per my previous posts I’m in the process of getting bits and pieces sandblasted and primed now in preparation for painting my AOP Scout Car.

Darrin has kindly sent me some paint samples which are yet to arrive but I’m hoping they will help me sort out a colour match for the Khaki Green and Light Stone or Light Earth pattern I am looking at.

I had a thought yesterday about the paint on the underside of the remaining tool locker door on the scout car. Not sure why I hadn’t thought of it before but I pulled it out today and looked at the paint on the back.

Being in a place not exposed to light and the weather, the surface is reasonably well undisturbed apart from a couple of places where something has been spilt on the paint and a couple of places where the paint is peeling off.

In a couple of areas the top layer of paint was flaking off so I did some work on those to see what was under them. The paint lifted quite easily and was quite flakey in a couple of places.

I’ve attached a few pictures of those areas. These pictures were taken outside in sunlight (not bright) and for the closeups, I wiped the surface with a damp cloth first.

Am I right in saying the top layer is likely to be the pre-1942 Khaki Green applied to the scout car?

Would that mean the darker green underneath would be the U.S. Olive Drab?

I can see what looks like the primer under the darker green where I’ve rubbed further.

This area under the locker door is completely different to the areas I had previously posted on and I don’t think it has been stripped and repainted like the other areas I photographed and uploaded here.

If it is the pre-1942 Khaki Green then that will be a good sample to work from.

I’ll be interested to see how the paint samples that Darrin has sent will compare with this.