What color paint do I use on my F8?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by cletrac

Since most of the 8cwts that made it overseas were in North Africa I tend to think of them in the desert sand colour (yellow) but the G3 khaki was common too. Olive drab wasn't used this early in the war.

Here's a very much abriged version of Starmer's research, as appicable to CMPs:

1940-42: base colour Khaki Green No. 3

1942-44: base colour S.C.C. 2 (a.k.a. brown, khaki brown or service drab)

April 1944–45: S.C.C. 15 Olive Drab (not the same as US Olive Drab)

Middle East practice: approx. October 1941/December 1941 - April 1943: basic colour Light Stone No.61

HTH,
H.

[aj.lec]

Does anyone actually have the correct mixing formula for these colours ?

[Jim Price]

Hanno and all, thanks! Have ordered the book from Mike Starmer. Khaki Green No. 3 will be my truck's color!

Regards,
Jim

[Rich Payne]

It's well worth searching this forum for 'khaki green'

It looks as if Jordan Baker managed to get a paint code out of his supplier. I have seen a sample of his match alongside my unexposed parts at Mike Starmer's and it is clearly the same colour.

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...ht=khaki+green

In my opinion, the photos on the thread don't really do justice to the mix.

[Mike K]

I have a copy of an old ARMY MOTORS mag, from around 1980. In it there is a comprehensive article on painting ex miltary vehicles .. The author used fine silica powder to flatten his paint . The stuff he tried is used by potters or hobby ceramic people . The paint makers put the same stuff in red oxide primer to flatten it down . The end effect is the can of 100% flat paint weighs about twice that of normal gloss paint because the silica constitutes a large proportion of the end volume.

It would be a much cheaper option , buying it in bulk from a potter/ceramic hobby shop, rather than buying it from your paint shop retailer .

Another idea , is to use talcum powder . But again you would need to find a bulk supplier because it takes a lot of powder to flatten 4 litres of gloss paint .

If I get the scanner working I will post the article here .

Mike

[cletrac (RIP)]

I used General paints low lustre rust inhibiting industrial enamel and it seems to give about the right flatness for $45 per gallon. At that price a person doesn't mind shooting on a few extra coats. They can mix it any colour you want. I took a swatch off a IWM colour photo in Photoshop and printed a page that colour then had them computer colour match it.

[Mike K]

Going through the 2nd hand books at the Op shop, I found a large work on pottery for the hobbiest. Yes, they do use silica powder as a glaze .. it's normally used in a mixture with 3 or 4 other ingredients .

Now all we have to do , is find a bulk supplier . It's probably available in 10kg bags . I feel this is a cheaper option than the exhorbitant prices the paint retailers charge for flatening base .

mike