Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Mike K]

After many expensive stuff ups with paint retailers, I decided to do my own tinting . It's a cheaper option in the long run because there is no time limit on your own time. The paint retailers are paying a employee to mix your colour and they just want to get it out the door and get the money off you. If it turns out wrong, tough luck.

For green , start with a yellow base , I buy damaged cans for 1/2 price and you go from there. Takes some experimenting but my theory is : during the war they didn't want complicated tints and mixes, they kept it simple because large orders were from the Govt. , with may thousands of gallons being manufactured. There must have been cases of poor quality paint being supplied to the vehicle manufacturers , its human nature, rip off the govt.

This is all a complicated subject and with so many army units scattered all over the country and world, its nigh on impossible to cover every possible scenario . In some cases I'm sure units purchased paint from a local hardware store .