Wartime Tilly Colours - book
 

Michael Shackleton at Trackpad Publishing, in conjunction with Mike Starmer, has recently released a book on colour schemes of the wartime Tilly. As the 'blurb' says, the information is applicable to many British Army vehicles of the period, not just the Tilly.

Details about the book can be seen here:

https://www.trackpadpublishing.com/p.../tilly-colours

I have many of Michael's publications, and he did an outstanding job publishing my Leopard AS1 book a few years ago. Although I am yet to see a copy of the Tilly booklet, knowing Michael, I'm sure it will be up to his usual high production standard.

Mike

(yes, I know the seller! Yes, he's a mate of mine! No, I am not getting any form of reward for bringing the book to the attention of MLU-ers)

Thanks Mike,
Will look out for that book.

regards, Richard

Colours
 

Don't want to sound like a cynical person but: WW2 era vehicle colours are open to so many different variables and interpretations , especially back then with their eye matching techniques and the matting agents added into the paint mix. . Would be a nice thing if one paint company had manufactured all of the paint used on British soft skins for the duration but that isn't a likely scenario. I reckon the book is worth having, the more information we have the better, but the book cannot be more than a general guide for restorers.

I think its great that this little book is available again.

I think Its a reasonable starting point, especially when there is a dearth of information that's readily accessible, not everyone has access to IWM or Bovington archives.

Sometimes you just have to look at available information and have a stab at painting your truck, just don't get all evangelical about it! I think Mike Starmer admits his KG.3 is based on only a couple of extant samples, so is sketchy at best. But I think the Standard Camouflage colours are very well recorded. and sure It may vary from batch to batch back in the day, but so will the paint you buy. I guess you can just hope you hit a happy medium and natural variation will do the rest.

To worry too much is a path to madness.

Mike Kelly: We've clashed on colour before, I do not intend to antagonise, I approach this as a relative Newbie who wants to see paint on his vehicle with a degree of research, and accepts that there is a degree of doubt about colour, there will always be doubt, we don't have time machines.

Cheers


Chris