WW2 airfield vehicles (RAF and RN). What blue?

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Luca Beato - 06 Jul 2006 22:36 GMT

I am interested in a possible finish for an AEC Matador flatbed lorry
for a diorama depicting a Sunderlands base in Plymouth, UK, in late
1942.

I found the following statement among the archive of this forum:
"Pre-war RAF vehicles were finished in blue-grey, but in 1939-40 the
paint colour was switched to a khaki green shade, in 1941 to brown and
in 1944 to olive drab."

Regarding the blue-grey, and omitting to consider the obvious variations
due to different production lot or wear and fading, was it a uniform
color or there were different types, although standardized?
I mean that the UK museums show samples in dark gloss blue, sometimes
with a bright yellow top, and others in a matt blue-grey, reflected in
these samples:
http://aircraftwalkaround.hobbyvista.com/starter/starter.htm
http://www.eriding.net/media/photos/warfare/050315_rfoster_mp_his_ww2_elv38.jpg
Was there any strict rule?

And how were painted the Fleet Air Arm's ground vehicles?

T.I.A.

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Richard Brooks - 07 Jul 2006 00:10 GMT

> I am interested in a possible finish for an AEC Matador flatbed lorry
> for a diorama depicting a Sunderlands base in Plymouth, UK, in late
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>
> T.I.A.

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

You could ask a question here;
<http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Museums/Index.html>

Richard.

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Luca Beato - 09 Jul 2006 03:09 GMT

><http://www.matadormodels.co.uk/tank_museum/xcamo_ww2uk.htm>
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>You could ask a question here;
><http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Museums/Index.html>
>
>Richard.

Thanks for the link and the hint. Humbrol 77 seems the best choice for
RAF. I'll ask for the FAA.

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Syke - 07 Jul 2006 07:02 GMT

>I am interested in a possible finish for an AEC Matador flatbed lorry
> for a diorama depicting a Sunderlands base in Plymouth, UK, in late
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>
> T.I.A.

I served in the RAF in the Fifties and vehicles were all in the blue colour
shown in the photos. My impression is that the olive drab colour didn't come
into use till the sixties or even seventies.
Vehicles in the Middle East (Suez Canal Zone) were sand.

Pat Macguire

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Dave Fleming - 07 Aug 2006 22:32 GMT

>I am interested in a possible finish for an AEC Matador flatbed lorry
>for a diorama depicting a Sunderlands base in Plymouth, UK, in late
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>http://www.eriding.net/media/photos/warfare/050315_rfoster_mp_his_ww2_elv38.jpg
>Was there any strict rule?

The pre-war (and post war) Blue was RAF Blue-Grey - the same colour
the RN painted their Helicopters (Wessex, Sea King) in the 60s and
70s. the Yellow top was strictly post war
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WW2 airfield vehicles (RAF and RN). What blue?