Flathead Colour

[tankbarrell]

I'm not advocating that you paint it any colour you like, anybody is free to do so though personally, I don't think you should. I believe we should strive for authenticity but it is obvious that there was more than one colour used, all of which are correct.
I sympathise with Alastairs desire to be exactly correct but at the end of the day, he is doing it for himself so it doesn't matter what anybody else may think.

[ajmac]

That's the nub, colour changed through production in both the US and UK, who knows about Canada. If I don't get the correct colour then never mind, however I wouldn't want to think I hadn't tried my utmost to get it right, or at least be able to justify my choice from either a photo, original literature or another primary source.