rbm Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) was there a WD standard paint for lorries in the first world war? if so does anyone have a more moden code for it. my background working with those very un-british black sinking things, we still have certain items that are based on WW1 naval requirments, including suppling a bag of wooden pegs to plug any holes amongst others - anyway even back pre WW1 the Navy had standards for most things, and if not to standard then not allowed. Edited February 11, 2009 by rbm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Not a standard WW1 paint, but it should look like something on our Dennis restoration. You might have come across this already, but here is the link: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=429 We have a photo somewhere of soldiers mixing paint on the Western front. They are mixing it in a wooden barrell and using a shovel to add the ingredients. Anyway, we match our paint to an original shade that survived on a Thorny J. We get it from Craftsmaster paints who can be contacted at http://www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk email zita@craftmasterpaints.co.uk Paint reference 2228 - Raddle Brown We us a satin finish. Dont forget to use a really good primer and undercoat. Craftsmaster can probably advise. When are you going to get stuck into your Daimler then? Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbm Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 some time soon, at the moment the Daimler is hidden under the rest of this winters hay, and some bags of sheep feed, the sheep live under it and a cat has moved in on top. I'll try and take some pictures over the weekend, might even move the hay and find the Crossley engine thats on a pallet on the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreadavide Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 some time soon, at the moment the Daimler is hidden under the rest of this winters hay, and some bags of sheep feed, the sheep live under it and a cat has moved in on top. Tell Bitzer to hide the keys from Shaun and Timmy, they may be tempted to try starting the Daimler... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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