I'm interested in learning what colours might have been painted on airfield equipment.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Colours for WWII Japanese Airfield Vehicles
Jan 07, 2011
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Mad Modeller wrote the following:
I have the instructions for a Minicraft 1/72 Isuzu TX-40 Fuel Truck. It calls for Tan FS30257. The plans do not say where this particular colored vehicle was stationed. Here's a pic of the Hasegawa 1/48 TX40
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The Tamiya 1/48 tractor has it in a general dark grey. the box art shows it on an airfield, no doubt shoving burned up planes off to the side....
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Craig
I wonder if trucks differed from construction equipment. Then again it might be as Bill says, a different operational location.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
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