What color for Gun? (1 Viewer)

[TomB]

Sculpey model of a WW1 gun...no particular gun...a bits and piece's gun......Dont know what color to paint it...type of khaki as it it...green...dark grey......add a bit of brown and do a khaki+brown camo ?....any suggestions......Will make a six man Aussie gun crew when the weather cools down......talking about gun crew...I have seen pic's where the crew's shirts are blue ?,,,I prefer Khaki or as close to it I can mix the sculpey...cheers TomB

 

[TomNT]

Don't matter what colour you choose Tom, it will still look good. Well done mate, almost as good, if not as good as your engine!

Tom

 

[waynepoo]

Tom,
Hope these pics are some help mate.
Wayne.

 

[TomB]

Don't matter what colour you choose Tom, it will still look good. Well done mate, almost as good, if not as good as your engine!

Tom

Thanks.....hard to pick a color.....aint into green except for St Pat's Day...maybe Grey as a lot of the Brit guns were sawed off naval guns....cheers TomB

 

[TomB]

Tom,
Hope these pics are some help mate.
Wayne.

Multi colored ? hey..ref top pic...who blew me gun up ?...cheers TomB

 

[trooper]

Tom, shirts in WW1 were blue/grey with a white tape edging around collar. Khaki came in post war, Trooper

 

[johnnybach]

Adding to Trooper's description - remembered this pic Tom. jb

 

[TomB]

Adding to Trooper's description - remembered this pic Tom. jb

Thanks for that...am thinking blue shirt as I have been informed it is okay... great figure ref...will substitute tin hat for Slough hat...leather leggings are right...thanks ..cheers TomB

 

[TomB]

Tom, shirts in WW1 were blue/grey with a white tape edging around collar. Khaki came in post war, Trooper

Thank you.......I have seen blue shirts in some dio's...but have no knowledge of them.....this is a great forum for info...thanks again...cheers TomB

 

[TomB]

Thanks for that...am thinking blue shirt as I have been informed it is okay... great figure ref...will substitute tin hat for Slough hat...leather leggings are right...thanks ..cheers TomB

Have seen object hanging from belt in pic's..wondered what it was...pen knife with pig stabber...bloody hell ...the same pen knife and tin hat were still in use in the army when I joined in the mid fifties...cheers TomB

 

[TomB]

Thanks for that...am thinking blue shirt as I have been informed it is okay... great figure ref...will substitute tin hat for Slough hat...leather leggings are right...thanks ..cheers TomB

Like the Blue shirt....will do gunners in Blue....thanks for the illustration....TomB

 

[OzDigger]

Tom, shirts in WW1 were blue/grey with a white tape edging around collar. Khaki came in post war, Trooper

That's news to me, I understood the grey shirt was usually worn under the Khaki tunic, depending on the weather.

 

[TomB]

That's news to me, I understood the grey shirt was usually worn under the Khaki tunic, depending on the weather.

Oz......Got Blue from three different source's ........I have seen gunners painted Blue by Obee.....maybe both shirts were worn....from my knowledge of the Aust Govt they would have bought the cheapest rubbish available for the troops...cheers TomB

 

[OzDigger]

Oz......Got Blue from three different source's ........I have seen gunners painted Blue by Obee.....maybe both shirts were worn....from my knowledge of the Aust Govt they would have bought the cheapest rubbish available for the troops...cheers TomB

I recall my Grandfather calling it a grey flannel undershirt, but maybe there were blue versions, or even blue-grey. Whatever color you want to call them it is still my understanding that they were never meant to be worn as shirts as they only had roundish collars and no pockets. However in hot weather they used to wear them without the Khaki tunic (had pockets etc) because it was made from thicker (and hotter) material.

 

[OzDigger]

Tom, here's some links with photos that show the variety of clothing worn:

http://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/26/article.asp

http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/menin-road/index.html

 

[TomB]

Tom, here's some links with photos that show the variety of clothing worn:

http://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/26/article.asp

http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/menin-road/index.html

The old news reel was interesting....tanks and all..and I dont mean the old furphy tank....actually saw one a few yrs ago....the devastation was terrible..nothing...just mud...a vast featureless plain which was once forest...those soldiers were hero's ...and the horses...they served and died as well ...what a terrible war for man and beast..cheers TomB

 

[OzDigger]

The old news reel was interesting....tanks and all..and I dont mean the old furphy tank....actually saw one a few yrs ago....the devastation was terrible..nothing...just mud...a vast featureless plain which was once forest...those soldiers were hero's ...and the horses...they served and died as well ...what a terrible war for man and beast..cheers TomB

I have been always more familiar with Gallipoli as my Grandfather never went to the Western Front. Reading the articles in the links about the more famous battles grounds on the Western Front such as Ypes and the Somme etc it reminded me that Aussies were there as well. There is no doubt that Gallipoli tends to overshadow the Australian contribution on the Western Front.

I saw a Furphy tank on a cart at the Canberra War Memorial when several of us went down there with Andy when he visited for the first K & C Dinner Downunder. Brisbane Museum has a Genuine A7 German WWI tank, "Mephisto".

 

[waynepoo]

I have been always more familiar with Gallipoli as my Grandfather never went to the Western Front. Reading the articles in the links about the more famous battles grounds on the Western Front such as Ypes and the Somme etc it reminded me that Aussies were there as well. There is no doubt that Gallipoli tends to overshadow the Australian contribution on the Western Front.

I saw a Furphy tank on a cart at the Canberra War Memorial when several of us went down there with Andy when he visited for the first K & C Dinner Downunder. Brisbane Museum has a Genuine A7 German WWI tank, "Mephisto".

That Gallipoli overshadows the Western Front has sadly been true for decades when the reality is Gallipoli was a minor side show but it seems recently that Australians are paying more attention to the Western Front where after all the A.I.F really showed its metal and I hope this trend becomes the norm. As to 'Mesphisto' she went under in the flood and has ever since been away to be restored, hopefully she will be back at the museum soon.
Wayne.

 

[TomB]

That Gallipoli overshadows the Western Front has sadly been true for decades when the reality is Gallipoli was a minor side show but it seems recently that Australians are paying more attention to the Western Front where after all the A.I.F really showed its metal and I hope this trend becomes the norm. As to 'Mesphisto' she went under in the flood and has ever since been away to be restored, hopefully she will be back at the museum soon.
Wayne.

Forgot about Mesphiste ......but I do remember Bert's old biplane hanging from the ceiling....that should have been safe I hope.....the furphy tank I saw in Perth at an old cottage...cant remember but I think it may have had something to do with Murphy......the cottage has been removed for yrs now...road widening..and is at the rear of the Swanbourne Army Bks...I dont remember seeing the "Furphy Tank" there....I think that was the cottage...been a few yrs between...cheers TomB

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