What colour(s) for an armoured RR??

[Argonor]

I'm finished assembling (and almost done green-stuffing) the 2nd hand Copplestone armoured Rolls I got last week. But how should I paint it?

I've been able to find a few colour pics, but they are blue-grey or dark green. Would that be fitting for BoB?? Or should it be a sandy colour?

HELP, please!!

[Prof.Witchheimer]

sandy! like this:



here's my painted version:

[Plynkes]

Yes, quite. Grey is nice, but I went with sand, too.



I see the Prof and myself share a penchant for Gangster White Walls.

[carlos marighela]

Depends on theatre and time.  Some of the early RNAS 1914 pattern were in 'Admiralty' grey. The usual scheme in France was greenish khaki although there were some spectacular exmaples of camo patterns. Locker lampson's cars in Russia seem to have been in the same colour. I've also seen an interesting dappled camouflage in Kurdistan post war.

Strictly speaking all the RR armoured cars in this 'scale' Copplestone, Company B, Lledo are all 1920 pattern. Post war RRs also came in a variety of schemes.  Overall bronze green was a standard UK scheme. In Iraq there was considerable latitude shown to the RAF companies, cars were painted in sand or green to the taste of the OC. For BoB you could go with whatever you fancy but either green or sand would be your best bets.

If you can try getting hold of a copy of David Fletcher's War Cars no colour pics but gives you a good feel for schemes.

[dadlamassu]

I've seen illustrations of the 192 style RR armd cars in bronze green, sand and khaki.

A good article by a RR crewman is at http://www.rroc.org.au/library/sg_ac.html

[Helen]

Well if it was me I'd go "Pink" 

[Lt. Hazel]

I'm finished assembling (and almost done green-stuffing) the 2nd hand Copplestone armoured Rolls I got last week

Congrats Argonor! Did you find it hard to assemble?

[dadlamassu]

Helen

The British army "sand" colour has a distinct "Pink" tinge to it.  So much so that the Land Rovers used by the SAS are called "Pink Panthers"

http://www.4wdonline.com/Museums/BMIHT/PinkPanther.html

So pink is ok!

[Plynkes]

The pink thing was a one-off camo used to blend in with the deserts of Aden and thereabouts in the 1960s. It can't be taken as a colour guide for British vehicles in desert schemes in all places and times.

I'm sure you knew that but we wouldn't want some other poor sod reading this and then going and painting their WWII Eighth Army vehicles all in pink! That would be funny, but cruel.

[Argonor]

I'm finished assembling (and almost done green-stuffing) the 2nd hand Copplestone armoured Rolls I got last week

Congrats Argonor! Did you find it hard to assemble?

Not really, after figuring out what goes where... and which way to turn the front axel piece.

But what are the 2 extra headlights for???

[Argonor]

Thank you, all. A sandy tan it is, then.  And preferably before round 10 of the LPL 

Btw., what is the 'tube' on the side of the 'turret'?? I removed it, as I could not see it in any photos I found....

[meninobesta]

I've painted an austin armoured car like this. really don't remember the colour I've used ... but probalby is some kind of grey khaki or stone grey from valejjo colours...

I took some ideas from the Osprey Red Army for the civil war book and from the kubinka web site:



http://www.tankmuseum.ru/

[argsilverson]

I don't think that the camouflage colours were so important in the BoB era.
The ideal is to use a colour scheme that fits your terrain colours.

In reality I think although the first studies about the art of camouflage appeared during or a little earlier than the WW1, the german scientist reached a peak in this subject much later in time.

During the RCW I do not think that the main concern was the exact camouflage as the same happened during the SCW. If the vehicles are used by bolsheviks the main feature were the slogans painted on them.

[carlos marighela]

I take it th Austin is the Sloppy Jalopy version? Are those rivets actually cast on the model? They look the size of soup plates.

[meninobesta]

I take it th Austin is the Sloppy Jalopy version? Are those rivets actually cast on the model? They look the size of soup plates.

it's the sloppy jalopy version with rivets added by me! they are VERY enormously BIG but I like the effect It really strikes out!

btw: Carlos are you from Brasil? if so -> Legal!