[rob love]

So a follow up on Brian's paint: Brian puts a splotch of it on the lid. It looked a little dull and I was slightly worried it was not the colour I remembered. On opening the can I could see the yellows had slightly separated, so it took a bit of stirring to get it blended. Into the gun and added some xylene, I quickly sprayed a small trailer here at the museum in preparation for a parade in a few weeks. The colour was pretty close to what I remembered. I recall that that particular colour makes me smile....it is a happy olive shade, especially compared to that dry looking flat green that is also in those cam patterns. On spraying, it looked a little too olive, but on drying, I am positive it is correct.

Thanks to Brian for supplying the right colour, and to Peter for picking it up and bringing it out to here.

Funny how a guy can remember a colour like that, yet I can forget annual events like birthdays and anniversary's repeatedly.

Edited to add: the Canadian olive colour from the old CGSB std paint colours is 503-321. These were made obsolete sometime in the early 80s I believe. Interestingly enough, the NSN for the olive drab paint gives the Cdn spec number of 503-321 and also gives a paint chip number of 34083, which on the net is referred to as Airforce Green. So there you go, a US federal spec on our olive green. However, I don't believe RAPCO carries that colour in the Gillespie paint, so I will have to satisfy myself with whatever amounts I can get from Brian Asbury via the MLU express..