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11-12-14, 11:47
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hey fella's I don't want to upset the apple cart but I have a little problem.
I have a mk1* carrier hull number CB 874 (very early with british headlights) I am in the process of redoing my rushed resto and want to get it right this time round but the paint colour doesn't seem to fit in with what I have read on the forum, ie it's not brown it's a lightish olive drab. the pic shows the back of the grenade box and the colour on the hull is the same (I also checked behind the choke cable box) so the carrier was definitely painted green from the factory I just need to know what the paint code is ? has anyone found the same factory colour or was it just my carrier that got painted green  cheers rick
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#2
11-12-14, 11:59
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another pic of the side which might show the colour better
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11-12-14, 12:03
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Hi Bruce, you say you have a picture of a Canadian carrier in 'light stone'
, can you post up the picture?. It just so happens I am working on a 1940 light stone carrier as we speak, will post up a few pictures of progress so far, it was colour matched from a mike st**** book on caunter camo. I puzzled over weather they left the factory in 'light stone'?, but I have seen a few pictures of carriers in desert colours which appear to have a darker colour underneath wearing through. The light stone they mixed for me is a little lighter than the swatch, but I will go over the whole carrier again at the end with a Matt light stone. Kev.
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2pdr Tank Hunter Universal Carrier 1942 registered 11/11/2008. 3" Mortar Universal Carrier 1943 registered 06/06/2009. 1941 Standard Mk1 stowage Carrier, Caunter camo. 1941 Standard Mk1 stowage Carrier, light stone. 10 cwt wartime mortar trailer. 1943 Mk2 Daimler Dingo. 1943 Willys MB. 1936 Vickers MG carrier No1 Mk1 CMM 985. Last edited by kevin powles; 11-12-14 at 13:58.
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11-12-14, 13:45
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11-12-14, 16:14
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British carriers seem to have all left the factory painted "green" with any changes in colour being applied afterwards. My understanding is that Canadian ones did too.
Rick, the Scout is KG3, matched to original paint found under fittings. I can point you in the right direction if you like? It's not a colour that can be mixed just from a modern code.
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11-12-14, 20:34
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thanks fella's so it's KG3, good I will get some ordered tomorrow.
ben I was going to order the paint from R and R services and have been quoted£45 for 5 litres which seemed a fair price, have you tried them before ? cheers rick
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_______________________ 1941 mk1 mortar Carrier 1941 Mk1* Carrier 1942 Mk1* Carrier 1943 T16 Carrier 1945 Mk3 Dingo 1941 Mk3 Covenanter 1941 Mk4 Churchill AVRE (now sold) 1944 Mk6 Cromwell (now sold) 1952 Mk3 Centurion 1952 ARV Centurion 1952 ARV Centurion 1953 Mk3 Centurion (breaking)
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12-12-14, 00:56
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Federal color standards
The federal color standards were based on WW II colors.
Testors camo model paints were based on these colors. My MK I carrier still has some original paint on the front plates and its a match for FS 34087 olive drab. http://www.fed-std-595.com/FS-595-Paint-Spec.html Paints back then were in a nitro celuose based laquer. Any good paint shop should be able to mix a WW II colour in an enamel as long as you have a sample.
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Roberta Jayne Melville CD II QJ MK I * universal carrier 1942 WLC Harley under restoration 1957 M38A1 jeep R.E.L. optical equipment Military manuals Field phones MK II 19 set (needs work) 4 MK III W-19 sets AN/PRC-9 CPRC-26 WS-29 componets WS-38 AFV WS-38 MK III WS-48 with generator WS-58 MK I MK V heliograph Last edited by universalgrl; 12-12-14 at 02:31. Reason: additional info
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