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Post by niv on Jun 8, 2009 19:17:31 GMT -5
A friend/new recruit needs assistance, Ladies and Gentlemen. Please come to his aid. He is interested in repainting a vehicle (origin and type unknown) in something other than OD, but to be used in WWII, post-WWII and/or Indochine. He wants to know “What colors (not Camo) did the French paint their vehicles both in WW2 and or in the 50's? I know the Brits used a more greenish color during the war.”
This is not my own specialty, but I would appreciate learning anything you might wish to pass to us all.
Many thanks
Niv
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Post by Legion Etrangere on Jun 8, 2009 20:11:30 GMT -5
The three on here that can answer that are:
ltdemi
cookie, and
LeMaitre
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Did I leave anyone off?
Did I piss anyone off? ;D
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Post by niv on Jun 8, 2009 21:30:15 GMT -5
Me! (but let's not go there, you veggie you. . .!) 
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Post by Legion Etrangere on Jun 9, 2009 10:04:44 GMT -5
Niv, Just you remember: when you pull a vegetable from the garden .... it screams.  Sorry guys ... inside joke; intestinal humor.
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Post by lt13demi on Jun 9, 2009 16:27:34 GMT -5
I've aleady spoken with Niv off-board on this subject. My problem is I have to have the actual color written down for me. I can try to compare, but my coloblindness kicks in. It's very difficult at times....
But Niv, I'm thinking that the Caporal-Chef's gallon of "Colonial Brown" he had made up will work! I believe he painted his dodge this color..... Perhaps this weekend you two can ask for the color code and have it replicated..... He got it from a Home Depot or Lowes.... One of the chain home improvement stores...
Oh, and by the way Martini, you did rate a "smite" on the veggie joke!
Renault
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Post by oggy on Jun 11, 2009 12:08:43 GMT -5
The three on here that can answer that are: ltdemicookie, and LeMaitre.... Did I leave anyone off? Did I piss anyone off? ;D Yes - Me! |
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Post by Legion Etrangere on Jun 11, 2009 14:17:58 GMT -5
hey oggy, I meant you as well ;D
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Post by oggy on Jun 13, 2009 3:56:46 GMT -5
No worries - from what I can find out/gather, the Green used was Vert Olive,(Humbrol 150/179) carried over from WWII.
However...if it was a US Sourced vehicle, then he has no option, but good ole Olive Drab, since there were other priorities out there!
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Post by cookie on Jun 14, 2009 7:34:06 GMT -5
There was no set colour. A lot of the vehicles, whether brought out from WWII Europe or direct from the US, were left in their normal colour. Otherwise, whatever operational commitments would allow, brown, dark green, olive drab.
The only thing that seems commonplace and standard is the painting of the number plate on the front bumpers.
No other markings are seen, usually.
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Post by iguanac on Mar 7, 2014 6:56:13 GMT -5
Hello,
my expertize is in scale modelling (1/35 scale vehicles). So, usually, US supplied vehicles were left in Olive drab. I am unaware of any repainting with different colors. As US were largely contributing to French Indochina war (well, after Mao victory in China), i believe that they provided them with colors as well - yet this is my assumption. Biggest concern would have been identification. Now French vehicles in Indochina largely had their license plates starting with IC-9xxxxxx (check on photos). This fact would limit the usage of vehicle for both Indochina and WW2 reenactment purposes (unless he is willing to frequently repaint it). At that time French army was fighting with standardization of equipment at all levels (US British, pre-WWII French, captured German, even captured Japanese stuff), i don't think that imposition of color standards was their biggest worry. As far as US vehicles are concern, i believe that OD will fit. Yet, for instance, H39 Hotchkiss tanks sent in early stages had to be painted other than panzergrau or panzergelb (German factories). British paint was, from 1944, SCC15, a greenish variant of OD (google for Mike Starmers color charts).
Now, OD isn't necessarily boring paint, as several color modulations could be achieved with various degrees of thinner in the paint, exposure to sunbeams etc.
Hope this helps a bit,
Best regards,
Marko
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Post by lew on Apr 1, 2014 7:57:08 GMT -5
Thanks for contributing, iguanac.
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