Hasegawa 1:24th scale MB Jeep

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General purpose Navy vehicles were painted gloss gray with black lettering, as Air Force vehicles were a gloss dark blue with gold lettering (when the AF became a seperate entity)  and Army a gloss olive green with white lettering. I think the USMC vehicles were just like Army vehicles but had gold lettering if I remember correctly. I am talking about their vehicles such as sedans, pickup trucks, utility vehicles and the like. Even the ambulances were painted this way. Field use units are a whole different story. In the early 80s, the Navy and Marines went to all white vehicles (they were leased from contractors) and now they take them in what ever color they arrive in from the supplier.

I am pretty sure that this is the case but I have been known to be completely wrong in the past.

All true for later vehicles.  For a Willys MB WWII era jeep, Non-Specular Blue-Grey is the correct color, as I gave above

General purpose Navy vehicles were painted gloss gray with black lettering, as Air Force vehicles were a gloss dark blue with gold lettering (when the AF became a seperate entity)  and Army a gloss olive green with white lettering. I think the USMC vehicles were just like Army vehicles but had gold lettering if I remember correctly. I am talking about their vehicles such as sedans, pickup trucks, utility vehicles and the like. Even the ambulances were painted this way. Field use units are a whole different story. In the early 80s, the Navy and Marines went to all white vehicles (they were leased from contractors) and now they take them in what ever color they arrive in from the supplier.

I am pretty sure that this is the case but I have been known to be completely wrong in the past.

"Matt slate grey. This was the same colour as the aircraft were painted and the official name for this was Non-Specular Blue-Grey. The closest standard colour to this available in the US today is FS-36176."

From U.S. Navy Jeep website.  This site is about restoring an actual Willys MB.  It should give you all the info you need.

Thanks for the reply, the photo's I have seen of the U.S Navy Jeeps looked a little on the blue side, but the grey does make sense, what brand of paint and shade would be suitable for the grey ??

US Navy jeeps weren't light blue, they were gray.  The OD that jeeps were painted in was a very dark OD.