British Half Track wartime colour

[trustmeimamechanic]

We are restoring an IHC Half Track so it has to be British but what colour Olive drab should it be ? 

Same as the US vehicles ?

I'm always surprised by how many variations there seem to be for a  single colour , some are greener some are yellower.... I'm just confused .

Any advice re colour and supplier welcome 

Thanks 

Graham

[machman]

I have it written down somewhere, if i cant find it i'll have to look at the tin of the last lot I bought from RR Services

Also restoring an IHC M5

 

Edited March 2, 2018 by machman

[Adrian Barrell]

They would have remained in the factory olive drab. The whole point of introducing an od into British use, SCC15, was to remove any need to repaint US vehicles to match the previous service brown, SCC2. Vehicles were not to be repainted unless absolutely necessary.

Edited March 3, 2018 by Adrian Barrell

[trustmeimamechanic]

Thank you both for your reply's .

Another question is would nyloc nuts have been in use in 1943 ?  I would have thought not on Halftracks , looking for correct 3/8 UNF lock nuts for the armour bolts.

[Adrian Barrell]

There were variations in the nuts for halftracks, IHC using a slightly different style to White etc. They were an all metal locking nut and have been reproduced in the US in the last year or so. Look on G503.

Nylocks weren't in use at that time but fibrelocs were. Similar in design but using a fibre insert, better resistance to heat! Fibrelocs were used by the UK and US during the war.

[machman]