|
|
|
|
#1
10-09-10, 02:54
|
|||
|
|||
Search and Rescue Weasel - Colour scheme
Fellows,
I am not sure if I have posted this previously but it won't hurt to ask again. Attached is a black and white photograph of a search and rescue weasel. My question is what colour scheme do think they painted it in? Best guess on the weasel forum was Red and Yellow. I look forward to your thoughts  Cheers John W. 
|
|
#2
10-09-10, 10:46
|
|||
|
|||
|
G'day John -
from my days as a print artist retouching black and white photos on newspapers - red would invariably turn out as strong as black - almost indistinguishable. Light blue wouldn't appear at all - hence light blue pencils were used by compositors and the marks wouldn't show up when printed. My suggestion is that the stripes might be more of an orangey/red perhaps, as the black type still shows up over the top - if the stripes were bold red you wouldn't be able to read the black type as red stripes would appear straight black too. Just a guess - in the UK and Australia some diesel locomotives on dockyards were painted yellow and orangey red stripes... dunno if any of this helps but good luck, cheers Warren.
__________________
C60X M3A1 Scout Car Willys MB Ford GPW
|
|
#3
10-09-10, 23:44
|
|||
|
|||
|
G'day Warren,
Thanks for your reply. Interesting thoughts about colour when looked at from a Black and White perspective. I have attached two more photos that may be of help to you. The first is of a set of weasel flotation tanks (painted yellow)that I imported from the US of A years ago and second is a photo of the ANARE Museum weasel that is painted an orange/red. Would these photos better describe your thoughts? Cheers John W.
|
|
#4
13-09-10, 13:17
|
|||
|
|||
|
G'day John,
I completely understand where you're at - we've all wrestled with what exactly is 'olive drab' - and I have a couple of vintage Dennis fire engines as well and fire engine restorers have the same problem - what is fire engine red? Someone mentioned to me years ago that paint colours such as OD were pretty much mixed by eye - in the old days no spectrometer etc to determine colours precisely so there are a multitude of shades from brown to forest green. And in the case of a SAR Weasel, a specific task vehicle -it's probably a very good example of a one-off type of colour scheme decided by what the painter could get, which gives you the same licence - paint it as close to what you think it should be. The yellow in the photo looks as I'd imagine it - like plant machinery - the red, which is a great red btw, I think is probably too dark - in that i don't think the black type would show up over it. Maybe a colour somewhere between the orange wheels on the Weasel and the red body. I don't know if this helps, Cheers Warren.
__________________
C60X M3A1 Scout Car Willys MB Ford GPW
|
|
#5
10-12-20, 11:14
|
||||
|
||||
|
1968
__________________
1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad
|
|
#6
10-12-20, 12:04
|
||||
|
||||
|
more
The closer one went to the NSW Govt. Tourist Bureau its listed in the ARN book as a Lorry . Think these ended up at the Thredbo ski resort
Unidentified Australian Women's Army Service personnel sitting in a Studebaker, M29 Weasel, tracked amphibious cargo carrier. Both vehicles have been finished in alpine camouflage and bear the Army Registration numbers 145623 and 139999.
__________________
1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad Last edited by Mike K; 10-12-20 at 12:09.
|
 |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
