WW2 British desert camo

shaun68

Member since
October 2005
From: Brisbane, Australia

WW2 British desert camo

Posted by shaun68 on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:16 AM

Ok people, I need a bit of guidance on a couple of things relating to Monty's lads in North Africa:

1. What would be the closest colour match for the Brits' desert yellow?

2. What is the other colour supposed to be in their 'splinter' scheme? I have 4 British tank kits (so far) & all 4 call for a different colour, ranging from light blue, to light grey, medium grey & slate grey. In fact Italeri's Crusader mentions both light & med grey for the splinter with khaki/olive green on top of the turret.

Thanks in advance
Shaun

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ukgeoff

Member since
December 2002
From: North East England

Posted by ukgeoff on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:03 AM

Check out the three links on British cammo on this site, http://www.mafva.org.uk/Resources.asp and also this page http://www.matadormodels.co.uk/tank_museum/xcamo_ww2uk.htm . Both the White Ensign Models Colour Coats and Hannants Xtracolor ranges have specific "Caunter" scheme shades. How closely they are matched I can't say.

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T26E4

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November 2005

Posted by T26E4 on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:11 AM

Shaun: one thing you'll notice in the links that Geoff gave you is that the "light blue" portion of the Caunter scheme has been debunked. Mr. Starmer's research is quite phenomenal! It's quite a read.

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ps1scw

Member since
June 2006
From: Michigan

Posted by ps1scw on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:40 AM

There was a beautiful pic of a Matilda II on:

http://www.milvehtechfound.com/

http://www.milvehtechfound.com/shared/matilda.gif

It carried the blue color. I've seen lots of pics of the Matilda w/blue and it is not accurate? I'm surprised someone who served in them would have let the blue "flourish" as it has.

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/matilda3.jpg

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stikpusher

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July 2004
From: Sonora Desert

Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 3:50 PM

Are any of the Humbrol colors decent matches for the colors used on Caunter schemes or later ones? Xtracolor's and White Ensign paints are not easily found on this side of the Atlantic, but Humbrol's are... Wink [;)]

Good info on those links!

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T26E4

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November 2005

Posted by T26E4 on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:03 PM

ps1scw wrote:

It carried the blue color. I've seen lots of pics of the Matilda w/blue and it is not accurate?

I guess one has to determine whether the egg or chicken came first. Just because a restorer used blue doesn't mean that his source was a well researched wartime document. The sky blue was generally accepted for a very long time. I believe Mr. Starmer's reports were the first to refute the sky blue and I'm not aware of any verified wartime caunter scheme photo. Have a read and tell me what you think. It's pretty compelling to me...

RC

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ps1scw

Member since
June 2006
From: Michigan

Posted by ps1scw on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:22 PM

oops sorry about the grammar. I meant that the picture I saw on the site carried the blue color. I didn't mean for it to sound like i was the authority on it. sorry about that .

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 8, 2006 12:06 AM

"Check out the three links on British cammo on this site, http://www.mafva.org.uk/Resources.asp and also this page http://www.matadormodels.co.uk/tank_museum/xcamo_ww2uk.htm . "

... Unfortunately neither of those sites lists the correct colour scheme that was used after the cancellation of the 3 colour striped "Caunter" pattern. This was "light stone" only ... "patterns in Slate similar to Caunter" did not exist.

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