"LVTP-5 Colors?" Topic
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| Jim McDaniel | 12 Jan 2009 7:45 p.m. PST |
What colors were used to p.aint VietnaM-era LVTP-5S? THANKS Jim |
| Top Gun Ace | 12 Jan 2009 8:46 p.m. PST |
Olive drab, of course, like pretty much everything else. |
| Darby E | 13 Jan 2009 7:51 a.m. PST |
Don't forget that miniature color will vary with your scale… |
| Tachikoma | 13 Jan 2009 8:25 a.m. PST |
Being a Marine vehicle, they would be overall Forest Green rather than Olive Drab. |
Blind Old Hag  | 13 Jan 2009 8:29 a.m. PST |
Yep, forest green, AKA USMC or Marine Green. During this period the Marines, used a semi gloss and lusterless shades of forest green. I THINK, the semi gloss was used on the LVTP 5. |
| Top Gun Ace | 13 Jan 2009 10:27 a.m. PST |
Hmmm, the one I remember seeing in color, in Vietnam, appeared to be olive drab, but maybe my memory is failing. I believe it was in a National Geographic article on the war. That was 30+ years ago when I saw the pic. |
| Top Gun Ace | 13 Jan 2009 11:03 a.m. PST |
Here's the color of one being stored in a field, at a museum: link The color is quite light – probably due to fading over time in the sun. |
| vaughan | 13 Jan 2009 11:07 a.m. PST |
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| Blind Old Hag | 13 Jan 2009 2:10 p.m. PST |
Top gun. The trac in that pic has been painted merely as a means of preservation rather than as an attempt to match correct color. Did you notice that EVERYTHING is painted the same color, even the rubber wheels and tracks? The pic shown by vaughan is the real deal. |
| GrossKaliefornja | 12 Jan 2010 10:01 p.m. PST |
Vaughan's pic would be consistent with the color that regulations called for in the mid 1960s…Yards & Docks #23 (USMC Green). Federal Standard 595 system is not the only source of colors for the military. The USAF was well served by the system, but ground forces often maintained their own standards as well. 14052, 24052, & 34052 were indeed created in 1956 as 'Marine Corps Green'…but the Corps also had their own color which was more of an olive green as shown in Vaughan's pic, and went back & forth for what they wanted. This was also known as Yards & Docks #23, and was last in the federal system in 1950 as color 1415. If you have the current 1996 BSI381c colors, the #224 Deep Bronze Green is a very close equivalent. If you have the RAL deck, look at semigloss 6007 Flaschengrün. |
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