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26-08-10, 12:12
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During the strip down of the Loyd, I've not seen any red lead primer at all, what has been present is a light pea green under the olive drap. Has anyone else seen this on their vehicles?
On top of the wartime OD is a lighter shade which I presume is a post war Belgian addition.... any idea what colour was popular in the 1950s for the Belgian army? Note: Primer and OD above the final number in the attachment.
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26-08-10, 13:01
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mine had like a battleship grey primer, then the olive drab, then a truck load of red.....some white in places too.... be carefull when stripping that stuff off, and make sure that when you come to re prime you use an etch primer (if going onto bare metal) i have etch primed mine then a second layer of red oxide then 4 coats of base.
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26-08-10, 16:40
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The original collor on my loyd is Nr2 service brown. i found it on some parts (dash and front plating/armour) got it scan't and remade and it looks like sh..t. But its OK.
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27-08-10, 11:39
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The NR2 Brown was introduced around 1943 for the Italy campaign if I recall correctly, Mainly after the desert fiasco prior to Alamein with various units all having different cammo schemes, it was problematic for ground commanders to ID vehicles as friend or foe.... The Canadian / British coalition standardised the paint schemes for specific theaters of war after this point. Paul I wonder if yours has been to Italy or prepped for Italy / MEF campaign ? I know that vehicles (carriers) produced after 43 on orders for MEF were dispatched in the NR2 brown from factory (rather than the olive drab)
interesting stuff these things are like large pandora's box's.....tonnes of secrets within 
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is mos redintegro __5th Div___46th Div__ 1942 Ford Universal Carrier No.3 MkI* Lower Hull No. 10131 War Department CT54508 (SOLD) 1944 Ford Universal Carrier MkII* (under restoration). 1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration).
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27-08-10, 12:31
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SCC 2 came in in 1942 due to a shortage of the pigments required to produce the then standard base colour of Khaki green No3 I believe.
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27-08-10, 15:16
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Adrian. would say that being the case it would have had to have been towards the end of 42 then i guess.... cant find my books from Mike Starmer othewise I could post an exact date I know by 43 they were knocking them out in the SCC2 more than ever
Mike is somewhat the resource on paints and cammo schemes etc. i have the North Africa (after Alamein) and the Scicily / Italy schemes books from him, he has done alot of research from veterans and military correspondence etc to get the colours and the dates / theatres / usage on specific vehicles recorded... I had to use his books to get the correct shade of light stone base for my carrier as the new version of it is wrong for WW2 period.. and looks more like the 40's Desert ZI Pink they had introduced.
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is mos redintegro __5th Div___46th Div__ 1942 Ford Universal Carrier No.3 MkI* Lower Hull No. 10131 War Department CT54508 (SOLD) 1944 Ford Universal Carrier MkII* (under restoration). 1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration). Last edited by RichardT10829; 27-08-10 at 15:21.
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