Matilda tank camouflage

[p-26luvr]

I have a Bandai 1/48th scale Matilda model ready to paint. Can anyone point me to a good source for the 3 color pattern used in the western desert ? I have done a google, & a bing search & have found nothing very helpful, Carl T

[JosephLalor]

Are you referring to the angular Caunter pattern? If so the colours were light stone, silver-grey and slate. Mike Starmer has Humbrol and Tamiya mixes and the colours are in the Xtracolor and White Ensign Colourcoats ranges.

Joseph

Edited April 15, 2013 by JosephLalor

[Test Graham]

The keyword is Caunter scheme. Mike Starmer has published a booklet with the original diagrams, and they were recently redrawn for IPMS UK magazine. You will also find them in Vol 2 (I think) of Warpaint from MMS, a 4 volume book on British Army camouflage and markings.

For help with the colours see http://www.mafva.net/other%20pages/Starmer%20camo.htm

[foxy]

Thease pictures might help.

They are from Bovington museum.

I beleave thease are the true colours.

Hope this helps.

[Test Graham]

Don't rely entirely upon those pictures, for the light blue colour is now known to be wrong. The colour known as Silver Grey actually was a greenish grey perhaps best compared (by me, at least) with Light Slate Grey or the greener representations of RLM02. There's a very nice colour profile of Matilda T6076 in this scheme on p67 of Warpaint 1. The dark grey also appears darker than that shown.

[Graeme]

Try this link to Steve Zaloga's build of the Tamiya 1/35th kit - it gives his mixes for the various colours:

http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/britain/matildamkiiisz_1.html

HTH

Graeme

[foxy]

No problem Graham, can delete it if its not up to scratch.

I think nobody will ever have a consences on this colour scheme.

But its in the eye of the beholder lol .

I like it and it seems fitting for the real thing, so fitting for me

Graeme. Have seen that picture and its nice and weathered, Steve does a good job, its another scheme that anyone can copy too.

Happy modeling.

[p-26luvr]

I found a very good walkaround on the following site over the weekend.

Http://militarymodels.co.nz/walkarounds

Thise site has several good WW2 W/As arranged by country & by type, as well as period videos & picture collections on land, sea, & air, & modeling. Carl T