Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

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I endorse what Lynn said. Tony and Gina - a great thread and very interesting.

You got me thinking about original paint on my scout car so I put the gallows mount project down for the afternoon (your plans are bang-on Gina) and got some wet and dry out and hit a couple of panels that I hoped still had original paint on them.

Like many of these things I am a novice, and the first attempt I think I went a bit hard and what I think was the original light earth seemed oh so thin as it disappeared pretty quickly.

The second shot is my second attempt which I am still working on slowly. I am using 400 grade wet and dry but maybe I need to go even finer?

Bear in mind this was in the garage and I had to use the flash otherwise the pictures came out too dark.

Does what I have unearthed give any clues? I think I see the remnants of pre-1942 khaki green in the first picture and it is slowly coming out in the second attempt.