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Old 05-07-08, 00:14
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Jim,

Both paint colours you mention are US paint formulas. But your truck should be painted in a Commonwealth colour known as Khaki Green No.3. Not a huge problem: contact Mike Starmer, and buy the publication which has a sample and mixing instructions for Khaki paint.

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Old 05-07-08, 00:49
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Mike Starmer revised his NW Europe book in March and the KG No.3 shade now reflects samples from the U.K and Canada. His colour chips can be scanned to produce a match.

Mike's books contain a wealth of information for anyone remotely interested in the progression of British and Commonwealth schemes as well as hand-prepared chips for all the major shades.
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Old 05-07-08, 06:30
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Hi All,

Just a few comments :

Over the years I have picked up a few NOS cab 11/12 parts e.g., cab 11 windscreens wrapped up in the original shipping paper ( from Bill Drew ) and NOS cab 12 headlight shells .

The factory paint finish on these parts was a semi - gloss medium green.. NOT 100% matt or flat in any sense. At a guess , the finish is about 40% gloss / 60% flat .. if that makes any sense .

The NOS Ford cab 12 doors I found had the same semi-gloss khaki green painted straight over the bare metal.. no primer . The inside surfaces of the C8 door panels were bare metal, no paint at all.



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Old 05-07-08, 06:44
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Since most of the 8cwts that made it overseas were in North Africa I tend to think of them in the desert sand colour (yellow) but the G3 khaki was common too. Olive drab wasn't used this early in the war.
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Old 05-07-08, 14:26
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Since most of the 8cwts that made it overseas were in North Africa I tend to think of them in the desert sand colour (yellow) but the G3 khaki was common too. Olive drab wasn't used this early in the war.
Here's a very much abriged version of Starmer's research, as appicable to CMPs:

1940-42: base colour Khaki Green No. 3

1942-44: base colour S.C.C. 2 (a.k.a. brown, khaki brown or service drab)

April 1944–45: S.C.C. 15 Olive Drab (not the same as US Olive Drab)

Middle East practice: approx. October 1941/December 1941 - April 1943: basic colour Light Stone No.61

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Old 06-07-08, 01:38
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Does anyone actually have the correct mixing formula for these colours ?
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Old 06-07-08, 05:21
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Hanno and all, thanks! Have ordered the book from Mike Starmer. Khaki Green No. 3 will be my truck's color!

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Jim
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