Hi,
I'm building a 1/35 universal carrier. I would be grateful if someone could advise me on the colour scheme. The period would be around the battle of El Alemain.

Hi Alan,

I don't think there is any hard and fast answer, but here goes.

Either, Light Stone No.61 (Desert Yellow) with or without a disruptive pattern of Dark Green, Slate or Very Dark Brown. , or the base colour could be Desert Pink, again with or without the same disruptive colours.


pre-El Alamein, late 1941

post El Alamein
source of both photos is the Alexander Turnbull Library

cheers
David

Cheers David I had a feeling there might be a few different variations.

Hi Alan,
Here is a link to some colour drawings Bison decal company have put up on the web. Hope they are of some help.
This one here is probably the best HERE
The rest can be found HERE
And Bison's website is HERE

Thanks for that Andrew. Have you by chance ordererd any of those decals, they look pretty good.

No I haven't Alan, but I am really tempted to get the Staghound ones for etheir the Italeri or Bronco kits if/when I get my grubby hands on them. From what I have heard Bison decals are an excellent addition to any kit.

I've got one of each on order at my local (Modelcrafts).

Been waiting for something like these for years. While hand painting unit markings has worked for me in the past, there's nothing like starting with the proper thing from the get go.

Maybe these will motivate me to finish my remaining assembled but unpainted WWII Kiwi armour projects...

...or maybe it'll take a little something else.

I've seen some of your work Richard, pretty damn impressive. I understand modelcrafts can order those decals is that correct.