Vehicle Signs
Greetings . I am also IDing my C15A . I needed to paint on the backgrounds and unit serial number and Division sign .
I did a recon and found that for front of British GS trucks , there should be a 9-inch wide x 8.5-inch tall brown square on drivers side for 2nd Bn Argyll & Sutherland , junior battalion , 227th Brigade , which is also is a " 69 " , that being not more than 7-inches tall . The Div sign background is same dimension but black colored on the passenger side and at least a 1-inch black border space around the 7-inch diameter yellow disc with red rampant lion figure for 15th Scottish Division .
I found various sites online with the 15th Div sign on them , printed them , took them to a copier and copied until I had the dimensions close enough to what I wanted .
For the " 69 " I simply did about the same and used a little freehand drawing technique to get the unit serial number about the same size as the red rampant lion .
Use the blue painter tape if available , the pale sort of tape pulls paint off truck body , when taping off your stencil or pattern .
IDing the back of this truck was not the same due to space available on the tailgate . I went with 6-inch x 6-inch brown and black backgrounds with corresponding number or symbols that I reduced on a copy machine to fit the backgrounds .
For British vehicles the black & rampant lion was on drivers side , the brown and 69 was on passenger side , reversed as it were .
Canadian vehicles had serial numbers and Div signs on same ends front and back . But that is not entirely true as some of my research bore out . Seemed to be a bit different from unit to unit , perhaps by OC directive .
Also , when one looks at photos of soldiers and their vehicles , one must be sure that one sees the mens jackets or garments overlapping , buttoning left over right and then you can be sure the image in not reversed . Sounds kooky , yes ? But there it is .
Not sure what space is available on a UC , front or back , suggest a good look at period pics , Mate .
I thought I would paint up a set or two of metallic plates for easier removal , and just paint over anything I had actually painted on the truck body .
I will try to put a pic or two of the finished product up soon . Hope that helps .
Cheers , Johnnie .
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