The nearest one is over an hour away, so i don't get to Perth much unless I have to. Its just hard for me to get to a wrecker. I went to one, they wanted crazy money for one, so i bought an unpainted one from ebay.
I'm starting to think I should have made more effort going to wreckers.
At that point, the guy at the counter didn't even need a paint code - I just described it, he showed me a picture on the interwebs and he whipped it up. You would aerosol spray the white background "highlighter" around the hook bowl, then use a transformer & yoke (permanent magnets would not be a approved NDT procedure).Īfter testing (application of magnetic ink), providing a pass - no crack(s) - then a aerosol cleaner would be sprayed on and a quick wipe with a cloth - you would never know anybody had been searching for 'developing-fractures' - the word 'crack' not being approved at one time in history.The most annoying part about this is that I bought a can of paint from the same store about 3 years ago to paint up the fibreglass shroud under the bullbar.Ī light sand, 1 coat of plastic primer, 1 can of paint, 1 can of clear topcoat - been perfect for 3 years now.
The idea would be to 'magnetic particle crack test', probably several + in one go. NATO pintles were being left in Dixon-Bate red oxide primer, to give some protection & appear smart when new. You are more likely to see the hitch top latch painted red on a Royal Marines Rover - my understanding is to make it more visible under water for getting a rope on. Also are the nato tow hitches ment to be red as I cannot understand why they should be. I cannot seem to find any refrence to the colour numbered 72. On the service card it say colour code 72 and scrapping threw the layers it has had nato green and bronze green from the factory.
Hi every one I would like some help please on my paint code for my landrover. The nuts of split-rim wheels, however, were always supposed to be painted red.īrilliant info,Thanks very much thats been a great help Some tow hitches were painted red, either to make them look smarter for a parade, because the soldier with the tin of red paint in his hand was a bit bored, or because someone thought it a good idea to make it more obvious to save their shins! You'll find similar done to lifting eyes, makers' nameplates and other detail at different times. Some units were actually instructed to leave them in bare metal, but lightly greased, the idea being that a crack could be spotted - but, frankly, that wasn't particularly brilliant as cracks were no more visible once the grease had collected the dirt, unless, of course, the grease had already rubbed off onto your trouser leg! Many, if not most, were supplied in black and simply left that way. Regarding the tow hitch, strictly speaking, no it shouldn't be painted. During its service life, it is entirely probable that it would have been repainted in "NATO" green, probably with 1/3 of it being painted matt black in a disruptive pattern - hence black appearing in some places but not in others. Later Land Rovers, from around 1979 had the code 76 which was green IRR.
This is a standard MoD paint code for Green (7) and Gloss(2) - suggesting that your Land Rover was painted Deep Bronze Green.