Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Mrs Vampire]

Mike

Then if KG3 predates the 1942 colours what is its provenance given Mike Starmers work and the stark difference between UK KG3 according to his research and The Australian version that does look remarkably like toned down KGJ .

Is it the britisification of Australian army language??

My reading of the files indicates the Australian colour set came into existence in late 1941 so that coincides with your information. I will re-look up the Melbourne file next time I am down there hopefully with a spectrograph. I also read that the paint was too light and did not account for fading but the file I had that from was referring to J not 3 and I think it was also referred to in Dakins notes ...I have recently had those put online. Dakin makes clear the fading issue was particularly problematic with the paint made in Melbourne , other suppliers being sufficient fade resistant to pas the AS test. .