Hi all, This is something a little bit different, so if it doesn't interest you, my apologies. I play World of Tanks and the British camouflage in the game frustrated me to the point where I decided to see if I could modify at least the colour values to make them more historically accurate. I…
I had a request to collect the Tamiya mixes for British WW2 colours, so here goes. If you know of another combination and would like to see it added, please get in touch! This list is organized by paint ID number. I hope that is not confusing - it matches the order in the…
I found these pictures of trucks and a gun tractor during my visit to the archives in August.
I was thrilled on my first trip to Library and Archives Canada to discover colour samples for the famous "Caunter" scheme in the files. But what were they doing here? The story is short. Apparently, at the end of 1940 a decision was made that Canadian-made vehicles bound for the fighting in North Africa would…
I found the following bit of marginalia on my first visit to the archives in the Camouflage file: What's going on here, and why is it of interest to me? Evidently we Canadians were expecting to paint camouflage patterns on vehicles such as trucks which had been made here, but at this date the British…
Allied Armour 