Colin, thanks for the offer but I have all the codes for RAF MT colours back to 1937. When I joined in 1964 it was fairly easy to pick the information from the Air Publications. Having been an avid vehicle modeller since birth I was always watching out for info and jotting down notes, something I did with great regularity for the following 39 years.
Seeing the term "RAF Ground Equipment Blue" --- to paint a train drew my attention to the request, as few people realise that RAF Blue /Grey BS 381c tint 633 was confined to MT vehicles, equipment categorised as ground equipment was painted a totally different colour. All replies to date had directed towards Blue /Grey when in fact narrow gauges trains were normally "Ground Equipment Blue; the colour entitled "Traffic Blue" in the 1931 BS 381 (later additions). To date I have never been able to locate a document which give the renumberings and retitling of colours to BS 381 in the 1964 revision. I have attached a photograph (hopefully) which gives an excellent comparison between RAF Blue /Grey and Ground Equipment Blue ( officially called Traffic Blue). regards
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