ted angus Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 BS 381 c tint 256 golden yellow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 BS 381 c tint 256 golden yellow I think that was a typo for 356 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Clive no not a typo a bl**dy cock-up !! I took it from a tin of modelling paint I will e mail them and let them know they are on a fizzer !! I should have done what I normally do and look at my colour chip chart. Just the tin was in front of me on the desk doing the roof of a Austin K6 ballon winch circa 1950s . as you say it should be 356 Apologies cheers TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Well they have led you astray Ted. I was surprised to see that number as you post knowledgeably on RAF MT matters. 2 as a yellow shade looked immediately wrong. Anyway an excuse to list BSC381C colours for general reference for all. 3-digit colour notation first digit is colour group. 1 - blue, turquoise 2 - green 3 - yellow, cream & buff 4 - brown & pink 5 - orange & red 6 - grey 7 - purple, violet eg: Sky Blue = 101 Deep Bronze Green = 224 Signal Red = 537 Light Admiralty Grey = 697 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 More sleep needed LOL TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ted angus Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Clive that has just reminded me dentist and hygenist tuesday that will be £90 out of the pension for 2 minutes look in the mouth and I have lost a huge filling dso that will be another £150 on top of that I bet that dental truck didn't cost much more to build !!! thanks for sharing the piccy TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Ted, this truck was restored about 20 years ago. I don't know where it is now, but maybe you might like to volunteer for a bit of living history at the sharp end! :shake: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Clive that is most likely the one currently in the RAF Museum at Cosford. It is of the later variety, the ones that appear to have crossed to EUROPE post D Day were on the earlier WOT1 chassis and with a slightly lower body. I believe this one served in Cyprus for most of its service life. I also believe it was a "gang of volunteers" at the then No 1 School of Tech Training at RAF Halton -- where coincidentally the RAF used to have a dental training school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 who pushed send ??? I wasn't finished ! The athed is an early version waiting to embark post d Day. I will try & find a shot of the preserved one regards TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Ted, I remember some years ago seeing a mobile dental surgery at Cosford. But I think that was a trailer, I couldn't bring myself to photograph the thing with all its paraphernalia inside. :shake: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Clive I would think its the same one, just checked the Cosford web it only shows an internal picture which I have refrained from posting !!! but it confirms it served in Cyprus until the mid 1960s, restored at Halton and presented to Cosford in 1982. Attached is a view I poached from another site, regards TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Dental Lab from front Mark :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Another location for the Roundel.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 or you can put the Roundel on the bumper instead, apparently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Well they have led you astray Ted. I was surprised to see that number as you post knowledgeably on RAF MT matters. 2 as a yellow shade looked immediately wrong. Anyway an excuse to list BSC381C colours for general reference for all. 3-digit colour notation first digit is colour group. 1 - blue, turquoise 2 - green 3 - yellow, cream & buff 4 - brown & pink 5 - orange & red 6 - grey 7 - purple, violet eg: Sky Blue = 101 Deep Bronze Green = 224 Signal Red = 537 Light Admiralty Grey = 697 So RAF Blue Grey 633 is a grey, not a blue...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 A nice David Brown Taskmaster aircraft tug, seen at Dumfries vintage show about seven years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Heres a link showing all of the BS381C Colours, including lots of military colours. RAF Blue/Grey isnt the only "Blue" that features as a grey, PRU (Photographic Reconnaissance Unit) Blue is in there as well. http://www.chingfords.co.uk/bs381c-chart.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agripper Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 From memory we used tol put the roudal both front and rear when we repainted vehicles and ground equpment. This was som long as we had enough to go round if not at least one was put on the back of the Land Rovers rather than teh front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I wonder if a griper means an ex GEF man ?? The roundel was never a requirement on GSE and was only a requirement on the front of MT although of course after a bit too much thinners the painters sometimes did go a little crazy !! TED also once a griper !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Heres a link showing all of the BS381C Colours, including lots of military colours. RAF Blue/Grey isnt the only "Blue" that features as a grey, PRU (Photographic Reconnaissance Unit) Blue is in there as well. http://www.chingfords.co.uk/bs381c-chart.php Adam another anomoly was the colour we all loved on the aircraft Dark Green currently BS 641 was for many years numbered 241 !! TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Adam another anomoly was the colour we all loved on the aircraft Dark Green currently BS 641 was for many years numbered 241 !! TED Ted wasn't that the other way around? I believe 641 was added in 1964 to the 1948 list & then changed to 241 in 1988. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 So RAF Blue Grey 633 is a grey, not a blue...! Yes! Bit like the thinking behind 697 Light Admiralty Grey - looks light blue to my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Ted wasn't that the other way around? I believe 641 was added in 1964 to the 1948 list & then changed to 241 in 1988. Clive I was testing you !! and as a prize -- I don't know if you have seen these photos of mine before, this is BS 381c tint 380 Camouflage Desert sand that the RAF adopted just before gulf war 2 to replace the use of FS 30279 desert sand pink introduced initially in ARTF then in synthetic alkyd for Gulf war 1 and BS 361 Lt Stone, WE did virtually the whole fleet of No1 ACC in 48 hours, as Boulmer doesn't have a spray shop. TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Nice paint job, all of our vehicles on TCW that went out to Gulf war 1 were sprayed by Brize paint shop in Light stone, and included the tyres and just about everything you didnt need spraying! naturally most of it started to flake off fairly quickly, and when they got back home thay sprayed NATO green and black onto them, which started to peel and flake, so it was spot the theatre of operation, as there was an interesting mix of green white black and sand breaking out all over the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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