Thompson 3 wheeled refueller colours?

[pacificmustang]

Gday All, I have just finished building the delightful Accurate armour 1/48 Thompson 3 wheeled refueller, but am a bit stymied on colours. I want to do it as a Battle of Britain era vehicle.

For this the instructions state Khaki green no 3 overall or a disruptive scheme of Khaki Green No 3 and Nobles Tarmac Green No4

so, questions:

What model colours do these colours relate to, and;

what pattern would the disruptive camouflage be? I can find nothing on the net, and a last question. the instructions state prior to 40 the vehicle would have been early RAF blue/grey, anyone have a model paint match for this? Thought I might do the interior in this, as I imagine when the green was applied it was to exterior only

Many Thanks for your help Fellas, hoping to see a few answers when I look in the morning (my time!)

Regards

Bruce

[Super Aereo]

Hi Bruce,

For British vehicles WW2 colours, some good info can be found here: http://www.mafva.net...tarmer camo.htm

And here: http://www.matadormodels.co.uk/tank_museum/camo%20charts/cooperCamotimeline-Britishsheet(2).htm

Edited August 13, 2012 by Super Aereo

[Selwyn]

Bruce

Xtracoulour do a RAF Blue grey.

The refuellers (and all vehicles) used in the BoB were roughly camoflaged with what was available at the time. This was a time of national emergency, there was no official instruction on camoflage schemes for RAF vehicles. There are tales of green paint that would be used to paint hangars being used on some vehicles at that time, so Blue grey/ greens disruptive/ or any variation of this you can think of would probably be correct for the time. I have yet to see, and would be suprised if we ever see anything definitive on this!

Selwyn

[Super Aereo]

According to Mike Starmer RAF vehicles were overall BS381c No.33 Blue Grey until August 1941, from which date they started to follow Army camouflage instructions, and I see no reason to doubt him.

http://www.matadormodels.co.uk/tank_museum/xcamo_ww2uk.htm

[Selwyn]

According to Mike Starmer RAF vehicles were overall BS381c No.33 Blue Grey until August 1941, from which date they started to follow Army camouflage instructions, and I see no reason to doubt him.

http://www.matadormo...xcamo_ww2uk.htm

I agree with mike starmer but as he puts it Ad Hoc painting took place on RAF vehicles especially during the BoB as Blue grey was a mite conspicuous on a airfield, and local undocumented efforts were made to tone down and camoflage airfield vehicles.

Selwyn.

[pacificmustang]

_Fantastic,

_{exactly what I was after,}

_{thanks Fellas}

_Bruce

[Scooby]

8 years later I searched high and low, I also can’t find photographs of Thompson Refuellers in WWII. 

[Graham Boak]

I haven't looked too hard, but could find photos of a restored one in 11 Gp markings, both in the IWM and Yorkshire Museum.  I suspect it is the same example, shown in both 1940 and later camouflage colours but to an identical pattern and markings - I suspect a repaint.  That the pattern is identical suggests it was based on a photograph.  The wavy light band of G4 over a basic G3 is the early scheme and entirely representative of how military vehicles should have been painted.  By now of course a 1/76 diecast example is available from Oxford, both in prewar civil schemes and the mid-war brown/black.

 

I presume you have now found that paint No.4 had nothing to do with Nobel's Tarmac.