Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Mike K]

I painted my C8 with Wattyl flat Olive Drab enamel . Wattyl had the Defence Dept. contract for some years . In the 90's You could buy it in 4 litre cans from Wattyl outlets, they never asked what I was using it for . Out of the can, it's the colour the Army Land Rovers were finished in at that time. It's about as flat as you can get paint , it has a heavy flattening agent suspended in the paint that tends to sink to the bottom of the can over time . The cans were plain , without any paper labels but instead, a stencilled description on the can.

I wasn't happy with the colour out of the can , I got hold of some tinting agents and I tried to get it to a more appropriate shade . I was never happy with the result but went ahead anyway.

The Wattyl product has proven to be long lasting , it does mark easily but you have to expect that with flat paint . I am pretty sure it isn't available these days.

BTW it is easy to mix up various shades of Olive green from a yellow base , you use Black and Red as tinters .