Thread: What's wrong with Drab olive green?

agree with you

I had a 90 which was blue and looked a bit tatty so one saturday i repainted it Olive Green. Easy to do with a gloss roller and looked great. When the car got mess up over the years from trees and branches just spnt a saturday moring painting it again with anothetr coat and looked great .

Here are some pics of it

now by the looks of it that must have been in the old country, as you just don't get quality of mud like that in Australia lol
I am going to blow it on with a paint gun and may give it build up coats but after that i may go the british army way and roller it on in a few years when buggered.

Originally Posted by lardy

now by the looks of it that must have been in the old country, as you just don't get quality of mud like that in Australia lol
I am going to blow it on with a paint gun and may give it build up coats but after that i may go the british army way and roller it on in a few years when buggered.

Yeah that was back in Blighty I went to a place that sold the paint and they 5 cans of spray paint and the rest in a tin. In the fiddley difficult areas i sprayed and rolled it the rest of the areas

his is some more of one of my old 90's





and my 100"' range rover Hybrid . Is painted olive green just can't see it with this pic

Protec will mix NATO green if you ask them.

The code is:

• HNF/1105
• Year: 1985
• Make: Leyland Motor Corp
• Name: M.O.D. Dark Green

If you want "drab" or lustreless get them to add flattening base.

My SIII FFR is painted in MOD Green by mistake when the P.O. went to the local Protec agent who couldn't find the Australian colour and mixed the MOD one thinking that was correct. Only after the paint went on and the car saw the light of day was the problem identified.

BTW: When importing paint, it has to come surface as it is a prohibited item for airfreight, particularly when in aerosol cans.

lOTZA The stuff protec flogged me was drab camoflage as they list it i told em i wanted drab olive green they list it as cellulose enamel industrial ...what dya reckon am sticking the single pack primer on tomorrow so want to get moving on this any advice appreciated

post script would you leave the roof white???
Traditionally it's a no and i believe it would look way gay white any thoughts

Originally Posted by lardy

post script would you leave the roof white???
Traditionally it's a no and i believe it would look way gay white any thoughts

In Australia the vast majority of Series II and IIa 88" were deep bronze green with limestone or ivory coloured roofs (both shades of white see:UK SIII image below) and I thought they looked good. However a bit dated these days .


Image source: http://www.landrover-addict.co.uk/ac...es-2-1-1-s.jpg

BTW: I had the paint mixed in automotive acrylic, more trouble to put on if enamel has been used underneath, but it can be sprayed without a booth, you can build up layers and rub it back to get an excellent result.

Diana


Lardy the colour of the Protec HNF/1105 code above

ahhh...

"when i wer' a lad, Landies come in Green or blue"..... unless they were camo! My old Lawrence was "bronze green" with an ivory rear..... loved it!

I'd say Go for it Lardy!

Chris