RAF Vehicle Colors

[Huxley602]

Hello... who has info and/or color chips or paint #'s for RAF vehicle colors from 1939 - 1942 (or so)?

Lookimg at painting an Austin up as a RAF staff car.

Can anybody help?

Thanks!

Huxley

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Huxley,

See:
- RCAF colours where and when on the Old MLU Forum;
- RAF vehicle colours and published references on missing lynx;
- the links on paint schemes for CMP trucks.

HTH,
Hanno

[Keith Webb]

But, interesting anyway...

This interesting 3 wheeler lives at Duxford.

[Huxley602]

Is there anyone out there that stocks these paints or can anyone supply a chip to mact locally?

Can't see buying 15,000 tins of Humbrol!

Thanks!

Huxley

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Huxkey602
Is there anyone out there that stocks these paints or can anyone supply a chip to mact locally?

Can't see buying 15,000 tins of Humbrol!

Huxley,

Mix your own sample using Humbrol paints, take it to an automotive paint supplier, and have them make a batch matched to your sample.

Share the end result with us!

Hanno

[gordon]

Hmmm, another of my little-known claims to fame. I've actually driven one of those things.

During WW2 Grangemouth on the River Forth had an airfield, which was later turned into the refinery site. A refueller survived in BP service till the late 80's apparently used to distribute lube oil and antifreeze round the site, and was then turned out for scrap. Hamish bought it and I got it to run. After sitting around for a while he turned it over to Falkirk Museum and now I think it's at the Museum of Flight at East Fortune near Edinburgh.

Small four cylinder Ford car engine, gearbox, and axle at the back, with the rear hubs replaced by chain sprockets to drive down to each wheel. Engine driven pumps were made by Weir Pumps at Cathcart in Glasgow, and some models had a Zwicky (spelling?) boom on the top. The design is pre-WW2 by some margin, and there were lower units for planes with lower wings I suppose. The tanks structure, pumps, and boom were pretty much transplanted directly onto Bedford chassis for most of the WW2 production, and I don't think any of the three wheelers would have got out of the UK.

[Crewman]

Small BTW for all RAF vehicles lovers. BTW under the title of "USAAF helps RAF"


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[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Crewman
Small BTW for all RAF vehicles lovers.

A Vauxhall car.

Richard

[Crewman]

Someone could think that both USAAF NCOs and Officers did nothing more during WWII in the UK than repaired the RAF's cars.


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[Maurice Donckers]

Actually there is still one of those 3 wheelers saved in Belgium , it is with a colector in the Charleroi area.
Maurice

[Nigel Dawe]

That's a Thompson Bros. refueller. These were built from the early 1930's until the end of WWII. There are a few about, Brooklands Museum at Weybridge, Surrey (famous for its early airfield and oval race car track) has a lovely drivable example of a Mk.III in Shell-Mex BP livery.

There is reputed to be one in a museum in W.A., Keith ! Julian Temple, the Aviation Curator of Brooklands Museum, knows quite a lot about these super unusual vehicles. He's contactable via the museum website. He would also love to know about the Aussie one if anyone over there can help. I can pass any info on to him.

Nigel Dawe, nr. Oxford, UK

[Keith Webb]

This sounds like a job for Rod Deiry to check out...
Rod - do you know of this museum?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Nigel Dawe
Julian Temple, the Aviation Curator of Brooklands Museum, knows quite a lot about these super unusual vehicles.

Indeed he does - see http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac....hompbros02.htm

H.

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Under correction, the cars were Vauxhall HB 10 hp saloons, '1940' models that were acquired by the Ministry of Supply.