PAINTING - the ultimate question.
The more I read about paint and schemes, the more confused we get. I used to have website links that specified paint (even samples of colours Brit and US) and disruptive paint orders during the timeline of the war. Brit green to brown (dtb), verses US olive drab.
Two things to consider. We plan to dress the CMP as a front GS lorry in the Italy campaign with 1st CND Division. Are we correct in assuming that the entire vehicle was painted "dog turd brown"? Does anyone know the modern paint numbers for this colour?
Second question. I was suspect when someone mentioned that the chassis and body should be repainted in the same colour. I guess that would depend on the year manufactured and the time period portrayed...no? This CMP was built in Oshawa in 1942. It is the earlier cab13 with the square access hole, etc. I would think that the chassis specifically was painted one flat colour at the factory according to the contract or batch made at the time. Then delivered to DMD. Then history takes over. Depending on what level of service the vehicle ends up, different paint and camo orders come into play. Overtime a vehicle gets overhauled, repainted or even whitewashed in some accounts. So my thinking is that they would only re-paint the outer body, not bothering with the interior and underbelly. So would the chassis be one colour, the interior... whatever.. and the exterior the order of the day. Italy late 1943 to early 1945, I understand was the Brit earth brown affection know as DTB. No to little disruptive over painting.
So to reiterate am I correct in this logic.
Vehicles originally painted to contract spec at GM plant - solid flat olive drab finish.
Vehicles deployed to north Africa - get overhauled and repainted sand, desert tan.
Vehicles deployed to Sicily - overhauled and repainted brown with black scheme or I have also heard that trucks from redeployed from Africa to Operation Husky would be tan and black scheme.
Vehicles deployed to Italy - overhauled and repainted earthen brown, I have not come across any disruptive paint being used in this period, but still used the roundel symbol on the cab for air recognition.
Vehicles deployed to western Europe (d-day to NW) - overhauled, repainted bronze green, and adopt the allied star symbol on the roof and the "crooked" star on the doors.
I bet there is an entire thread somewhere in this forum that explains all of this but I can`t find it.
painful -help needed.
Adrian
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