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DBG was a bit later

September 4 2009 at 11:51 AM		Aidrian  (Login Mad_Dan_Eccles)
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Response to When fresh, OD #9 and British OD SCC.15

The formal FVDD specification calling for DBG was not issued until 1948; prior to that tests had been carried out to determine the best paint to use  so some trials vehicles would have been finished in this colour before then

This specification called for a red oxide primer on iron and steel, or zinc chromate on alumiuium alloys, followed by an undercoat of Dark Battleship Grey, BS381 #32,  and a top coat of gloss Deep Bronze Green, BS381 #24,

 

 


 
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