[ARMOUR] Modern British water gerrycans; colour?

[Ben]

Hi gang,

Well the title almost says it all. I assume the thing is (green)
plastic; but does it get repainted as the vehicules change
theatre/mission(aka UN) or does it always retain its original finsh
(wether or not it is green to start with).

Any info appreciated (gotta finish that Scorpion in time for a local
contest!).

Ben the Repentant e-mail : sue.bi...@sympatico.ca

"Pickling your models make them last longer"
Attributed to Confucius 512B.C.

[AMPSOne]

Most of the shots that I have of the ones in use shows them as black
plastic, and that includes the ones used on Operation Desert Sabre (Storm
to us US types).

Cookie Sewell
AMPS

[Mike Kendall]

>Hi gang,

Hi Ben,

Concord's "Operation Granby", by Bob Morrison, shows both the issued
black/dark gray, and also some over painted with the desert sand color of the
vehicles. There are some very nice color shots of vehicles with both colors.
The black seems most common.

Mike

[Chris E. Becht]

Ben (sue.bi...@sympatico.ca) wrote:
: Hi gang,

: Well the title almost says it all. I assume the thing is (green)
: plastic; but does it get repainted as the vehicules change
: theatre/mission(aka UN) or does it always retain its original finsh
: (wether or not it is green to start with).

: Any info appreciated (gotta finish that Scorpion in time for a local
: contest!).

If they're anything like the US ones (or indeed my old unit's
'official' Igloo coolers), then they're blow-molded polyethylene, which
doesn't hold paint worth a tinker's damn. I'd be sure to have the paint
chipping and peeling off to show the base color in all of the 'high
traffic' areas.

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