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    1950's British Desert paint.

    Hello, my Grandad was stationed in Egypt during the 1950s for his national service. He drove a Austin K5 truck, I thought it might be nice if I made a model and painted it for his Christmas present. I have sent off for the kit today, but can any one please tell me what colour paint they would have used for the lorry and the canvas roof? If you have the paint code number that would be great.

    All the best
    Adam
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    • prichrd1
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      • Apr 2018
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      • Paul
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      Adam,

      There is a short discussion of this on "Britmodeller" Forum.

      British Army Suez 1952
      https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235034888-british-army-suez-1952/
      I'm looking for opinions of the colours of British vehicles in the early 50s at Suez. Here are a few pictures of my dad's time there. They appear to be something like No.61 B.S.381-1930 Light Stone with the odd vehicle in No.24 B.S.381-1942 Deep Bronze Green. Were these colours still being used a...


      Also this is n interesting build :-

      Flory Models
      http://www.florymodels.co.uk/alvis-saladin-pt-8/


      From the two it seems that majority were painted light stone, with the occasional deep bronze green.

      HTH,

      Paul.

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          Hi Paul,
          Thank you for that.
          Adam

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