CDN M151 Colors

[David Dunlop]

Hello Ed.

When the M151’s first arrived here in Winnipeg at Kapyong Barracks, I recall them all lined up in a very odd, but interesting, light tan, rusty red and brownish cameo pattern with no roll cages. They sat there for quite a while until they all got reworked into the typical Canadian colours and were fitted with cages.

Would the original camo scheme been a short lived Canadian idea, or would these vehicles have been in a US paint scheme and drawn from available US Storage to fill the Canadian M151 order?

David

[Ed Storey]

Too bad you don't have a photograph of the M151's, as that was a uniquely Western Canada vehicle camouflage.

[r.morrison]

Hi all: many many Thanks for the input. I think that's enough. I will send the correspondence to my "friend" and see if that helps him out. Wayne, I don't know if you can pull this off. If you have any of that CDN2 paint left over, could you make me some large dry samples and mail it to me. I can have them matched. With all the little sprayers about, from air to electric to battery operated, he won't need to make spray bombs. Those cost a fortune to make now a days.
Once again, kind regards to all.

Cheers...Robert

[David Dunlop]

Damn!


I wish I had known that at the time, Ed.

Documentation for it has probably long gone out of the system by now as well.


David

[Wayne Hingley]

Originally Posted by r.morrison

Hi all: many many Thanks for the input. I think that's enough. I will send the correspondence to my "friend" and see if that helps him out. Wayne, I don't know if you can pull this off. If you have any of that CDN2 paint left over, could you make me some large dry samples and mail it to me. I can have them matched. With all the little sprayers about, from air to electric to battery operated, he won't need to make spray bombs. Those cost a fortune to make now a days.
Once again, kind regards to all.

Cheers...Robert

Robert: I have searched for leftover cans of the RAPCO/Gillespie paint I used on my CDN2, but unfortunately no luck finding any leftovers. Too much time has passed. Perhaps there is someone local in your area who has a vehicle you can get color-matching from... Sorry, wish I could help.

[maple_leaf_eh]

When Dave and I were planning the rebuild of my '74 Pattern, we got deep into the paint choices.

We agreed the top coat was going to be 'green', and what was underneath was less important. He had some high-build two-part epoxy light brown primer from work that was leftover from a customer contract. That deal included date stamped materials provided by the customer, and when the job was delivered, they didn't want the primer back. It was just getting old in the paint locker. Lucky for us, but he said it was a brute to apply and he had to find some huge aperture paint nozzle for his spray gun. When applied the man has to work with a purpose because it can cure in the gun. The medium fills tiny sanding swirls and grinding imperfections. I'm happy.

The underneath is black antirust paint and paintable rubberized undercoating. Not factory specification, but the old expression applies, 'they don't make'em like they used to'. Unprotected steel and moisture will rust over in a heartbeat. We chose black because there was a lot available and less than half the price of green. And, unless someone is looking closely, they'd never notice the colour change.

My go-to green paint is green ultra flat spray cans from Canadian Tire. Since the shutdowns there are fewer places selling the Krylon camouflage product line. And I get a few cans whenever I see it.