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Does anyone know the military paint codes for the desert colours, sand/beige?

I believe the correct colour is BS381C 361


thats the colour I am doing one of mine in. There are suppliers who advertise that colour as military vehicle paint - I got a local paint supplier to mix up some for me

Hi, I might be a little late with this post ( I am new ). One of my bikes is painted Gas paint yellow. It looks the part.
Good Horizons

Send 'Moose' a PM His 500 is the perfect match..

Check the link below to see some pics in all its glory!

http://sportaxracing.co.uk/2014/06/arms ... esert-rat/

There was no official colour for desert sand..... It was mixed by batch as needed. When I was in the first gulf war, they just mixed up whatever was to hand to make it roughly the right colour. I don't believe an official standard code was issued.

I agree with Mr Shiney, there were no ex factory MT350s painted in desert colours. The MT500 was supplied in a few different colours ex factory although I don't think desert sand was one of them

Got the paint, will post some pics once it's had a coat.

A.

Hi Chaps,

I can verify that there were some MT 500's in the first Gulf War, painted desert sand.

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Don wrote:Hi Chaps,

I can verify that there were some MT 500's in the first Gulf War, painted desert sand.

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I believe that MT500 production ceased in 1987, some 3 years before the first Gulf War started. Whilst some bikes would have been painted desert sand I would question whether there was a 'correct' ex-factory colour for desert operation

It may not have been factory painted, but that didn't matter to the RAF, it must have been an inside job.

Mind you, it took them a month to provide desert clothing !

Try as you might, you cannot make jungle combats blend into the sand !