Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Lauren Child]

There's a good series of books by Mike Starmer that cover wartime British colour schemes - would the same colours have been used by all Commonwealth countries?

The books cover the camo scheme for each theatre/period, and have paint chips in the back to colour match.

[Mike Cecil]

No: the paint colours used by Australia were unique. They are the Australian Standard Colour (ASC) and each was followed by a letter indicator. They are similar to the BSC colours that Mike S has studied and that are included in his books, but not the same.

The colour chart booklets were produced by the Standards Association of Australia. Surviving examples, especially in good condition, are rare to say the least.

Mike C

[Mrs Vampire]

Thanks Mike

[cliff]

Mike Cecil has failed to add that he sorted out the main Aussie WW2 colours using Humbrol model paints.

For POST 1942 Aust service green use -
10 parts #150 – matt Forest Green
02 parts #100 – matt red brown
01 part #33 – matt black

Buy these small tins from a hobby shop and mix to the above formula then take your sample to a paint shop and they should be able to match it. I have the formula, also done by Mike Cecil for Light Stone, Earth and PRE 1942 colours as well if interested.

Again thanks to the dedication of Mike Cecil we can reproduce these original colours for our models as well as the real deal!

post 1942 ASG on a 1/35 scale Aust. ambulance



Pre 1942 ASG and Earth on a 1941 Chev heavy recon wagon



not forgetting that these models are also weathered!

[Mrs Vampire]

They look fabooo

and many thanks for the formula. I will do the Stuart in that now to track down the two tone camo for the blitz.

The Stuart has the original American green under two layers of Australian paint and one layer of Australian Olive Drab ...circa 1969 ...that I applied way back in the mid seventies.

The Olive Drab I used was Ex Stock ADF .

[Mrs Vampire]

Just from the picture of your models my Olive Drab is a lot darker than your Blitz.

[Mrs Vampire]

This thread really says it all so far as colours are concerned

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12627