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Tropical Green Camo
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Does anyone know for sure what the deck color was for this camo system? Tropical Green? 20-G Deck Green? Something else?
Cheers,
John Snyder
White Ensign Models
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Posted By: John Snyder | Posted on: Jan 10, 2015 - 9:15am
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Hi John,
Thanks for posting on this board. I don't know the answer, but I wonder if it was the same color green as the PT109! (Inside joke for Frank and Drew and Dave)
Jerry Gilmartin
PT658 Crewman
Portland OR
Posted By: Jerry Gilmartin | Posted on: Jan 10, 2015 - 11:11pm
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Your going to get it Jerry, we all know the real color of PT-109, it was Blue..................
Posted By: Frank Andruss | Posted on: Jan 11, 2015 - 7:04am
Total Posts: 3964 | Joined: Feb 9, 2007 - 11:41am
Hi John. From Tracy White's site:
[url]http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/S19-7/1943JanuaryTropicGreenSystem.html[/url]
This memo directs the color be applied to all surfaces.
Al
Posted By: alross2 | Posted on: Jan 11, 2015 - 8:11am
Total Posts: 993 | Joined: Oct 30, 2006 - 8:19pm
Hi John. From Tracy White's site:
[url]http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/S19-7/1943JanuaryTropicGreenSystem.html[/url]
This memo directs the color be applied to all surfaces.
Al
Posted By: alross2 | Posted on: Jan 11, 2015 - 8:12am
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Welcome John,
Well, MTB's were not listed in the memo but that's what was applied. Frank is partly right since I believe 5TMa is a dark blue tinting paste. Mix that with yellow chromate and you have green. Here is the color we refer to when we think of field mix green applied to PT boats. Add in a little sun fading and controversary over film coloring.
Dave
[IMAGE]http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/David_Waples/PT%20BOATS/PT-109colorreference.jpg[/IMAGE]
David Waples
Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: Jan 12, 2015 - 6:09am
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