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Mark that Appendix A is the only reference I have found for instructional colours. It comes from AC No.70119 Driver Training Vol. I, Part I, 1965. It superseded WO Code No. 8672 1951 but that had no colour details. What is RGB / Hex code? The VAOS Section H1(a) Paints, dopes & varnishes will give the BSC381C. Other than 'Orange' and 'Red oxide' all the colour descriptions are BSC defined.

The number of antennas is inversely proportional to the amount of working radio equipment and with a flag on the top even less chance.

Larry looking at DGFVE Specification No.341 for S3 LtWt Jan 1980 the requirement was for the vehicle to be painted in IRR NATO Green. The galvanised bits were not specified to be painted. But the Spec only required the minimum paint thickness to be 15 microns, which is admitted as not meeting the full IRR requirement. So it would seem that to meet this requirement the vehicles in depot would be painted with a further coat of IRR NATO Green. This no doubt would include the exposed galvanised fittings as their IRR reflectance would need to be toned down to be similar in IRR behaviour as foliage. Not to paint these bits would tactically inept as they would be too reflective under IRR illumination.. Granted that the paint adherence would not be good but that could be touched up at the start of hostilities at the time when the canopies were painted. At the time there was no IRR NATO Green paint that was unreactive with canvas or nylon canopies.

1952 it lists the three types.

That sounds good value Richard. I have always hoped to see one used by the Reserve Force RUC. About 12 were hired from the WO & the other 35 odd which assumed Belfast registrations with the EZ suffix.

Tim 27026 appears in my 1952 VAOS, but I don't know when it was introduced. It has a specific purpose to accommodate 1/2 pint & 1 pint Wesco oil cans. So I don't know from when these cans were in use. Left hand 43990 & right hand 43989 holders were for WD 1/2 pint cans which suggest they were codified later.

Larry yes sometimes I think less is more. It is no coincidence that sellers of stickers do a roaring trade! I don't doubt that these are based on original stickers in certain theatres & certain roles, but not all at the same time. I like the serenity of minimalistic markings, but sometimes sticker craziness leads the vehicle to resemble a carnival float.

After the RAF DMC 33A the following 7 digits look suspiciously like the "non-significant number" of an NSN. Adding the 99 Nation Identifier it gives the NIIN 99-224-7389 Adding the 8010 NSC for paints, dopes & varnishes gives the NSN 8010-99-224-7389 this just for 5 litres of paint & is not a paint code in itself. Which is Olive Green which is BSC381C No.220. This is a well established colour & appeared in the original BSC381 1931 as No.20. Confirmation of the reconstruction is shown in this extract from FAP1086 Section 33A April 1982.

Robin I saw your post on VMARS Collector, the trouble with the 'Collector' forum is that if anyone replies it is only the original poster who sees it. The rest of us don't know if there were any responses. Unless I can give an immediate answer I don't bother replying as often it takes a while to dig up an answer only to find someone else has already answered. Presumably they haven't answered as you are asking on here. I am a bit confused because you mention Aircraft Leaf Green but on the VMARS post the code quoted is quite different as 33B 9 42883. I assume that was you on VMARS it would be odd if there were two different enquiries about Aircraft Leaf Green in one evening. If you can confirm the code, when I get a chance I will look as I have many many RAF Stores fiche from 1970s-80s

These instructional artefacts can have intriguing colour schemes. They should be painted according to a strict protocol that I found in a driver training manual.

A Fox & two Ferrets I saw at D&M School Bovington 1994.

Richard I suspect those dates were when they were struck off census, there were no auctions on those dates. They were sold several auctions later on each occasion on the second day. 13 RE 80 on 23rd November 1961 £30 43 YR 07 on 19th April 1961 no idea of price it was part of a multiple lot of 16 trucks

Not strictly necessary Larry, a national identifier was only intended to be displayed in a NATO role that has two or more member countries. But if you really want them Colin Voss has been successfully selling repro stickers for years: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256329309129

I've got some colourful pictures of sectioned Ferrets that I took at the D&M School Bovington about 30 years ago. I'll see if I can find them.