Aussie desert carrier colours

[Justin Pollard]

Hello All,
i have decided to paint 2753 in desert colour,(sand).
and have been looking at Mike Cecils book,it mentions Light stone and Portland stone,as other colours for the Middle East.
does anyone have any pics of these colours?.
my guess is that they would be grey.
but any input would be welcome.
regards
Justin.

[lynx42]

G'day Justin,
Portland Stone is a creamy-beige colour, not grey. The carrier on the front of Mike C.'s book is that colour. If you go to any good paint shop, they will have it in stock. One of the Toyota 4x4 colours is also very close, but I can't tell you which one.

Plenty of Desert Colour Carriers and Blitz's out there. Just look at Keith Webbs DVD's, Year of the : Blitz, Carrier, Staffcar etc.
Good choice of colour. Good luck
Rick

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Mike Timoshyk's 15cwt is being done in light stone here in Ontario, and he has numerous piccies up on this forum. Do a search on his name or "light+stone" (without the quotes) and you'll get plenty of threads regarding the colour. It's almost yellow, very nice!

[Justin Pollard]

Top stuff,thanks to both of you for the input.i,ll check out those pics etc.
regards
Justin.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Justin - if I can't find an original colour somewhere on the vehcle, I obtain the colour from a modeller's site. They did all the intensive research and then correlated the colours with available model paints. I have followed this path and obtained the model paint that I then gave to my paint company to replicate. In the case of "Light Stone", it equates to Humbrol Model Paint No. 121.

You have other options depending on the theatre of war.

North Africa 1940 - three colour diagonal bands disruptive pattern
Base colour Light Stone - Humbrol 121
Disruptive pattern Light Grey - Humbrol 64
Disruptive pattern Slate Grey - Humbrol 31

North Africa 1942 - two colour disruptive pattern
Base colour Light Stone - Humbrol 121
Disruptive pattern Dark Green - Humbrol 75

North Africa December 1942 -two colour disruptive pattern
Base colour Light Stone - Humbrol 121
Disruptive pattern Terra Cotta - Humbrol 70

Something to keep you going for a while.

Bob

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi Justin - if I can't find an original colour somewhere on the vehcle, I obtain the colour from a modeller's site. They did all the intensive research and then correlated the colours with available model paints. I have followed this path and obtained the model paint that I then gave to my paint company to replicate. In the case of "Light Stone", it equates to Humbrol Model Paint No. 121.

Gonna need a WHOLE lotta those wee cans of paint to do a carrier!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hi Justin - if I can't find an original colour somewhere on the vehcle, I obtain the colour from a modeller's site.

Bob,

I hope you used Mike Starmer´s books & articles as your source. There are various other sites listing info which is way off the mark.

H.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hanno - whilst I agree that Mike's publications are a valuable research resource, they only name the colours and not show what they look like. Go into this site and have a look.

http://www.miniatures.de/

I have found that good modellers are passionate about detail, in a lot of cases more so than full size restorers. I am very impressed with this site.

Bob

[Justin Pollard]

Top stuff,thanks heaps for that Bob,I,ll go through all my humbrol paint and see if i can work out what scheme to paint it in.
decisions,decisions.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

Hanno - whilst I agree that Mike's publications are a valuable research resource, they only name the colours and not show what they look like. Go into this site and have a look.

http://www.miniatures.de/

I have found that good modellers are passionate about detail, in a lot of cases more so than full size restorers. I am very impressed with this site.

Bob,

I was afraid of that. Anyone having a close look at this site will find I am a contributor to this site, though not on the subject of colours. But I have compared the information on this subject on this site with Mike Starmer´s research, and have found some discrepancies. One has to take into account that modelling sites often list colour mixes which are toned down for modelling purposes. That means that 1:1 scale modellers using those mixing proportions come up with a colour which is too light for their real size vehicles.

Therefore I would strongly advise anyone who is doing a restoration to buy Mike´s books as they contain accurate 1:1 scale paint chips. You can have those paint chips colour matched by your local paint supplier.

For what´s my EUR 0,02 worth,
H.