Cmp c15a gs

[Howard]

I have been following this story with great interest. Congratulations & keep up the good work!!
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[Marc Montgomery]

perhaps others can confirm or rebut, ..

.I don't think brown- dog turd or other- is appropriate for the year.
.perhaps cab 11 or 12, but cab 13 ?

I would tend to think that a shade of flat olive/green would be more appropriate for the type...or go exotic with mickey mouse ear camo pattern

[Joel Culliford]

Our reenacting/educational group represents the PPCLI. More towards the Italian campaign. That would have fallen into the dog terd brown years. The idea then is that it was a 42 CMP repainted for the Italian campaign. We actually thought about painting it green then do a repaint brown so that some of the frame parts would have been green from underneath.

Joel

[Marc Montgomery]

my understanding is that the new Cdn vehicles shipped to the theatre got sidelined to the British, and the Cdns got mostly the rather tired vehicles used by the 8th Army in N Africa..so possibly they would have been sand coloured prior to painting.

|In looking at some modelling sites- where these issues are also heaviily discussed..

"The vehicles sent from Canada were often one basic colour. CMP trucks were still being sent to Italy during 1943 in ME Light Stone 61 and many were never repainted. When they were, SCC 2 brown or Light Mud would have been usual for the period. You can accurately leave off the disruptive colour "

Personally, I might go with the sand (light stone) or light mud...than the turd brown..it would be accurate it seems, looke much nicer, AND make a very nice change as there arent that many Cdn restored vehicles in the sand colour...and you get a chance to educate the public about Cdn actions and contributions in a theatre (N Afr) that most Cdns dont know about....in addition to Italy



perhaps some other folks have some thoughts on this?

[Jordan Baker]

Joel

SCC2 would be the most accurate for your build date.

[Joel Culliford]

Ok, here is question for you guys...How does the back window go together/ work? I know there is only sliding metal for the window but how does the whole thing together.

On another note, the auto shop teacher found someone to paint the truck, so the bed, toolbox and rims are being painted as we speak and when those are done, the cab and frame will be painted.

The hatch arrived in the mail today (thanks Marc), now we just have to have the wood shop replicate the wooden parts and the metal shop make a new hinge. I believet that this will be the last amount of work being done to the CMP until next school year.

Joel

[Adrian Rittner]

Does anyone know the approximate weight of our CMP? I have seen conflicting specs. I am investigating a hauling trailer and wonder if my pick up can even handle it.
It's a Chev C15A-GS.