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Old 27-01-04, 08:51
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The great Australian WW2 desert colour question has been solved (at least to my satisfaction!)

I went out and bought a shopping bag full of various model paints to test the numerous suggestions given above plus others locally.

I took cards painted with each colour to a club meeting where 46 expert and not so expert people selected what they considered to be the correct colour. It was a blind test and each person did not see the colour picked by anyone else. The results were overwhelming - 37 out of the 46 picked the same colour.

Contenders were:

Humbrol 121
Humbrol 74 X eight parts + 26 X 1 part
Humbrol 74 X Seven parts + 26 X 2 parts
Humbrol 93
Tamiya XF-57
Revell SM 314

The score: Revell SM 314 thirty seven votes, Humbrol 121 five votes, Humbrol mixes four votes. What is more important is the cook and both daughters went straight to Revell when shown the cards - it must be right.

Good enough for me! I had 4 litres of two pack satin finish SM 314 colour made up for the Dodge today.
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