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    British world war two paint colours/suppliers

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    Good afternoon all,

     

    Help! Been hunting round various threads trying to get info on best authentic looking colours for World War 2 paint. Looking at the mid/late war (As its for a Bedford QL).

     

    Many thanks

     

    In terms of the colours and their application, the best reference you can currently get for British Colours in North West Europe is the Mike Starmer book. it includes colour chips

     

    http://www.aviationbookcentre.com/military_pre_1946/british_army_colours__disruptive_camouflage_in_the_united_kingdom_france__nw_europe_193645/4388_p.html

     

    http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/books/pb/starmer_bacdc.html

     

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    WW2 Vehicle Serial Numbers

    in I may be stupid, but......

    Posted

    I've had a look through Dick Taylor's "Warpaint" Vol. 3 but I can't find a wartime unit using 286.

     

    386 in your first post was allocated to a medium artillery regiment of 2nd Army Troops.

     

    According to Hodges and Taylor (page 108) in the list of GHQ, LoC and Army Troops for 1st Army from 31st December 1942, 286 is listed as 64 LAA Regiment

    Loyd Carrier

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted · Edited by simon king

    Thanks for that. It isn't in the same league as your incredible restoration though.

     

    Don't know if I would do it again in retrospect.

     

    Rest assured I will - there was a rolling restored frame of one in Newark but it went down to Essex when I bought my GS wreck back.

    matador restoration.

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    Shame it isn't a Deacon - as that is infinitely rarer than the Dorchester - and Doug's truck would be a unique survivor - unless somebody finds one gently rusting in a Turkish scrapyard as many were sold to Turkey at the end of the desert campaign when they were declared obsolete.

     

    I suspect the original order was for Deacons but in use it had been found out pretty quickly that the design was flawed and the Army didn't want any more so the contract was converted during/before production into ACVs All the visual evidence points to Doug's AEC coming out of the factory as an ACV.

     

    Contract information is not always right - I've been trying to determine serial numbers for MkI and Mk II Horsas - Some Horsas which serial number lists (derived from contract records) specify as Mk II Horsas have been shown by photographic evidence to be Mk Is - presumably as a result of design or manufacturing delays - so the change from Deacon to Dorchester is not without precedent.

    matador restoration.

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    SIMON it left the factory as DEACON with a F PREFIX census number if it was DORCHESTER it would have had a L prefix

    also the DORCHESTER chassis numbers ran 1419 to 1555 /1556 to 1623 also the contract dates are 13/4/40 and 1/8/40

     

    REGARDS WALLY

     

    Hi Wally,

     

    Both "F" and "L" prefixes were used on different batches of Dorchesters - for instance

     

     

    AEC 4x4 Armoured Command Car L 4144685 to 4144707 No = 23

    AEC 4x4 Armoured Command Post F 89104 to 89313 No = 210

    AEC 4x4 Armoured Command Vehicle L 4426417 to 4426516 No = 100

    AEC 4x4 Armoured Command Vehicle L 4427073 to 4427109 No = 37

    AEC 6x6 Armoured Command Post F 280396to 280545 No = 150

     

    Deacons (and the associated Ammunition carriers) had the "S" prefix for self propelled arttillery

    matador restoration.

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    DOUG

    The AEC records show that your chassis number left the factory as a DEACON no were can l find anywhere mention

    of a conversion which is why l suggested looking at the records held at the TANK MUSEUM THE only reason l have referred

    to DORCHESTER is that you raised it does the information lan 43 mention confirm that it was converted

     

    REGARDS WALLY

    Surely the cab structure for a Deacon is very different from that of a Dorchester as it had a one-seat armoured box for the driver. This one has the engine cover of a Dorchester/Matador cab

    Looking for machinist in Lincolnshire area for some repairs to my Willys Jeep engine

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    Anyone have any recommendations for a good machinist in the Lincolnshire area who can rebore the cylinders, re grind the crank, re cut valve seat and possibly repair a crack to the block from my Jeep?

     

    Any help and direction appreciated.

     

    if there's nobody more local to you, these guys might be an option - just over the border in South Yorkshire. They fettled my jeep's crank for me

     

    http://www.stanwoodengineering.co.uk/

     

    I have no connection to the company

    Building an Airstrip and Invasion scenes

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    I've sent a link to friends in Normandy see if they can identifiy the place. I'd guess just post D-Day as the LST's are still coming onto the beach. I've an idea it may be on Gold Beach.

     

    Y2 was the Squadron code for 442(RCAF) Squadron flying Spitfire MK IX. The squadron used several airfields along the south coast from mid May until the 15th of June, when it moved to Normandy at St. Croix-sur-Mer.

    matador restoration.

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted · Edited by simon king

    Nice truck. Do you know any of the history of it? Apart from it being a fairground truck - who was it? What year is it etc? :) Nice to see another in the background too!

     

    Judging from the shape of the framework behind the cab, this was once a Dorchester Armoured Command Vehicle rather than a Matador - is that correct?

     

    Edit - I've just seen your post on the AEC Armoured Cars thread - so it is a Dorchester - a rare beastie indeed.

    WW2 British Ammo Box Brown paint

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    All this rambling on what SCC2 looks like, I had it mixed from a large example found in a 1942 armoured vehicle, the plate holding the control box was painted this colour, with a fabric between, so well protected. Warpaint had it matched for me by a large paint manufacturer.

     

    Which is fine if you are a fan of Warpaint paint - but perhaps not everybody is

    Monitor M33

    in Naval section

    Posted

    The whole complex is worth a vist. I'm not an agent for Portsmouth tourism, but the town has it right. You can now get straight off the motorway into a secure car park, with the price of return tickets for up to eight via a dedicated bus service right to the Dockyard gates included in the charge. There is a quirky dispaly of old penny dreadful and what the butler saw machines as well. There is also Fort Nelson above the town. Warrior, which is half a day to see properly. Explosion the Royal Navy Gunnery Musuem, the Submarine Musuem, the D-Day museum. Plan on a long day.

     

    plus of course The Mary Rose, Victory, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, the Coastal Forces boats and now Boathouse No 4. There's also the Royal Marines Museum at Southsea

    WW2 British Ammo Box Brown paint

    in British Vehicles

    Posted · Edited by simon king

    Cheers Ron & Chris, I'll get my son to mix up BS381 / 499.

     

    Comparison of original SCC2 ammo crate with new BS381c/499 service brown paint on trailer

     

    Although the light is not good, original SCC2 seems slightly more orange. 499 is IIRC described as "substitute for/equivalent to" SCC2 not "same as" - but as others have said, there will be batch variations

     

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    Airborne compressor trailer

    in Trailers, plant and equipment

    Posted · Edited by simon king

    I did it the same way as John - although with only one tail light on the offside - so no brakelights - which I assume was the original set-up.. It took me a time to work out that the two pin sockets are not for stop/tail lights but for double contact single filament bulbs. with a wired earth rather than the lights being earthed through the body.

     

    Can you get 6v two filament bulbs of sufficiently small size to fit the Lucas or Butler tail-lights anyway? I looked at AES but they don't do the smaller size two filament bulbs in 6v - only 12v

     

    I built up a trailerboard attached by wingnuts to the bottom of the trailer's rear crossmember for road use with modern 7 pin plug and socket (only 5 pins used), light units and distribution box. The socket is hidden in the jeep's tool locker as it is an early one with no trailer socket.

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