What's wrong with Drab olive green?

[lardy]

Man i don't know what is wrong with people.
I bought some drab olive green paint a while back with the intention of painting the 130.
The issues it's raised with so many people including the missus you would have thought that they had shares in the bloody thing.
I got the paint from Protec as i couldn't get NATO drab sent over from the U.K. as they have to have chemical licenses or something.
I realise that cellulose enamel needs coating every two - three years to keep it sweet but the process is simple compared with two pack or other paint methods.......plus i wanted drab olive green, even if they matched the colour in they would have a sheen on it.
And the final aspect being that if i bugger a panel off road i can just get a roller out should i just need to cover scratches.
The main issue is that the original paint is buggered and the laquer is seperating from the pigment.

[Reads90]

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

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/04/1040.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/04/1041.jpg

[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.

[Reads90]

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

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/04/989.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/04/990.jpg

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

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/04/991.jpg

[Lotz-A-Landies]

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 GreenIf 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.

[lardy]

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

[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

[Lotz-A-Landies]

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

http://www.landrover-addict.co.uk/acatalog/land-rover-series-2-1-1-s.jpg
Image source: http://www.landrover-addict.co.uk/acatalog/land-rover-series-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

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2011/06/104.jpg
Lardy the colour of the Protec HNF/1105 code above

[haggisbasher]

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

[ericpicc]

:twisted: Never give up mate !!
Lucky for me the Missus was the one who said for me to paint our 130 in OD.
Only thing is I got as far as the Firewall as we had our daughter and just moved house.
So if anyone spots a 1/3 OD -2/3 white DEF130 in the western sub in Melbourne That would be me:angel:

[The ho har's]

nothing at all wrong is is your truck paint it how you like:D


Mrs hh:angel:

[woody]

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.


Wattyl paints have a stock shelf line "enamel lusterless olive drab" as supplied to Department of Defence resource number 151603.020. It comes in a 20 lt drum ( I'll check next week if we can still get it in 4lt ) and can be ordered through any Wattyl trade paint outlet.

ps. being an Army brat I love the colour

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Wattyl paints have a stock shelf line "enamel lusterless olive drab" as supplied to Department of Defence resource number 151603.020. It comes in a 20 lt drum ( I'll check next week if we can still get it in 4lt ) and can be ordered through any Wattyl trade paint outlet.

ps. being an Army brat I love the colourAnd that will be NATO green as requested in the original post will it?


Man i don't know what is wrong with people.
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I got the paint from Protec as i couldn't get NATO drab sent over from the U.K. as they have to have chemical licenses or something.
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[woody]

And that will be NATO green as requested in the original post will it?

I'm not sure on the shade for NATO green but it is supplied to defence department so is similar to ex military vehicles. I'll seek advice from our tinters

[JohnF]

Only problem with drab army green is when you park in a forest off road and loose track of where you parked it and spend hours walking around in circles because you want to find your car again.

[lardy]

Ok the bonnet, front panel, and a wing (guard) have had the first colour added to the primer (it's nothing like british army drab olive-but then i am a new Australian so Australian drab olive green will suffice) protec indicate knocking it back 25% and apply a thin layer allow to dry and then knock it back with m3 scotchbrites and give two medium heavy coats.
Any one up for the bulkhead extravaganza tomorrow to see what it's like ...will be just as interesting to me lol

P.s. how do i remove the footwell from the old bulkhead as i need them on the new one are they welded ?

[Andyb43]

Mix in talc to get rid of the gloss we used to mix in talc or fullers earth to remove the shine. that was before health & safety idiots got involved now we cant even paint the trucks they have to be sent away.

[lardy]

onya Andy that is gratefully recieved i'll be nicking the talc off the missus then

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I'm not sure on the shade for NATO green but it is supplied to defence department so is similar to ex military vehicles. I'll seek advice from our tintersWoody

The camouflage green used by the Australian Defence Force is quite different to the NATO green. If you look as Zulu Delta's 2009 image of my FFR and No5 (below) you will see that the FFR is in NATO green and the No5 in Australian Camouflage Green. (Both Protec supplied paints, Protec supplies premixed paints in the camo colours to ADF Holdworthy and Moorebank.)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

The NATO green stands out like a sore thumb against our Australian landscape. Probably why the ADF doesn't use NATO green or Deep Bronze Green.

[lardy]

Woody

The camouflage green used by the Australian Defence Force is quite different to the NATO green. If you look as Zulu Delta's 2009 image of my FFR and No5 (below) you will see that the FFR is in NATO green and the No5 in Australian Camouflage Green. (Both Protec supplied paints, Protec supplies premixed paints in the camo colours to ADF Holdworthy and Moorebank.)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

The NATO green stands out like a sore thumb against our Australian landscape. Probably why the ADF doesn't use NATO green or Deep Bronze Green.

Sadly as per classic Perth-ism i reckon the guys at Protec just couldn't be arsed to sort out what was and what was not NATO drab olive green consequently it's Australian drab olive green, which is more appropriate due to the fact i am a proud member of the club.
Perth .....if you want service try another state capital bless :p

[lardy]

Lotza do you hold with the adding talc?
Also on the final coat do you knock the paint back a final time so it is lustreless ?
or do you do that after a few weeks when the paint has had time to "toughen up priness"?

[Lotz-A-Landies]

The interesting thing is that the people who mixed the Protec paint in Nowra, using Protec's computer program, couldn't find the Australian Camouflage Green but found the NATO green under Land Rover.

Protec's Minto NSW office had the pre-mixed ADF colour(s) in stock, in both bulk and aerosol cans. They say the Army is one of their biggest customers.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Lotza do you hold with the adding talc?
Also on the final coat do you knock the paint back a final time so it is lustreless ?
or do you do that after a few weeks when the paint has had time to "toughen up priness"?No I have them add L47 flattening base which makes the paint lustreless from the gun.

From memory it's 100ml per litre if they have to mix.

[woody]

Woody

The camouflage green used by the Australian Defence Force is quite different to the NATO green. If you look as Zulu Delta's 2009 image of my FFR and No5 (below) you will see that the FFR is in NATO green and the No5 in Australian Camouflage Green. (Both Protec supplied paints, Protec supplies premixed paints in the camo colours to ADF Holdworthy and Moorebank.)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

The NATO green stands out like a sore thumb against our Australian landscape. Probably why the ADF doesn't use NATO green or Deep Bronze Green.

Thanks for the info