Wanted: Somone travelling from the East thru to Manitoba

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Peter Phillips

The MLU Member Network is Great!

Peter, that is good to hear!

I always enjoy reading about the recovery journies undertaken through the hints and leads on MLU and the helpful attitude among CMP enthusiasts and MLU members.

Hanno

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[rob love]

So a follow up on Brian's paint: Brian puts a splotch of it on the lid. It looked a little dull and I was slightly worried it was not the colour I remembered. On opening the can I could see the yellows had slightly separated, so it took a bit of stirring to get it blended. Into the gun and added some xylene, I quickly sprayed a small trailer here at the museum in preparation for a parade in a few weeks. The colour was pretty close to what I remembered. I recall that that particular colour makes me smile....it is a happy olive shade, especially compared to that dry looking flat green that is also in those cam patterns. On spraying, it looked a little too olive, but on drying, I am positive it is correct.

Thanks to Brian for supplying the right colour, and to Peter for picking it up and bringing it out to here.

Funny how a guy can remember a colour like that, yet I can forget annual events like birthdays and anniversary's repeatedly.

Edited to add: the Canadian olive colour from the old CGSB std paint colours is 503-321. These were made obsolete sometime in the early 80s I believe. Interestingly enough, the NSN for the olive drab paint gives the Cdn spec number of 503-321 and also gives a paint chip number of 34083, which on the net is referred to as Airforce Green. So there you go, a US federal spec on our olive green. However, I don't believe RAPCO carries that colour in the Gillespie paint, so I will have to satisfy myself with whatever amounts I can get from Brian Asbury via the MLU express..

[Wayne Hingley]

[QUOTE=rob love;237990]...Into the gun and added some xylene,... QUOTE]

Rob: any advice on the mixing ratio of paint to xylene you were using with that paint, or do you go by "feel"?

[rob love]

Brian's paint is quite thick, so yes, you go by feel. The Gillespie paint can almost be sprayed with no reduction, so for it perhaps 5 to 10%. For Brian's paint, closer to 20-25%. If you pull your stir stick from the mix, it should run off easily and just start to drip. The biggest indicator is how it sprays. If you find you have to raise the air pressure to get it to spray, and it still does not come out well, then the paint is too thick.