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Old 14-01-19, 16:11
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Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering View Post
Thanks Hanno, that colour image explains a lot. Odd colours though.....desert tan with navy grey???
IIRC, the colours were blue camouflage over a cream base colour. Some pictures show them without camouflage (including a Bassett-Lowke 1:8 scale model in the Science Museum).

In the HMVF topic Ted Angus mentions that post-war the new flying squad vehicles were just plain blue.

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