Michael (mzaborsk)
The problem does not reside with the Veterans memory but with what the color might be. Here are 3 photos of the same vehicle. Which color is the funny green?
You see the problem, if the color really becomes a problem you end up using your best guess anyway.
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Ed Gilbert
Seriously, the issue of USMC colors is the AFV modeler's "trail of tears"; long and filled with bitterness.
What you have to bear in mind is that the USMC procured vehicles through three different "pipelines".
USMC procurement pipeline: International trucks*, some jeeps, some engineer equipment (primarily tractors) - Forest Green, AKA "Marine Green". They were primary purchaser and could specify color. Some pre-war vehicles might be repainted at USMC depots. Refurbished vehicles from USMC depots later in the war might be repainted, but most such refurbished pieces were used as training or "administrative" (rear area service) vehicles.
Army procurement pipeline - tanks, halftracks, some jeeps, a few specialist trucks, automobiles, most engineer equipment. The Army dominated the procurement process, and no way the WPB was going to halt a production line to produce a small batch of one-off types. In fact, brand new tanks were issued from Army stores just before each operation.
Navy procurement pipeline - early LVTs, which were considered "naval vessels" and therefore painted gray. The classic story is that color footage taken at Tarawa and a few other places was spliced into the black and white film "The Sands of Iwo Jima". When Ted Turner colorized that film - they turned the LVTs green.
Brian Colburn
And many color photos have incorrect color hues because of the type of color film or transparency film used, the exposure settings, ambient lighting, etc. Generally transparency film increases contrast and color saturation. Some color film gives more pastel colors than the original, decreasing color saturation.
Oh, and some "color film" isn't even color film at all. It's three black and white negatives that are simultaneously exposed to an image that's split by mirrors and passed through filters, such as red, blue and green. These are called "tri-color cameras", and are similar to the Technicolor process used by Hollywood. Some of these cameras are quite accurate for color rendition. Some aren't. Especially those that only use the two-color red-green process.
Ed Gilbert
The color film shot in WW2 was very sensitive to storage temperature, and the combat photographer often spent days dragging it through the heat (up to 115F/46C ambient air temperature, much hotter inside a dark cloth bag) before it could be processed. This was still a problem in Vietnam; just look at any of the personal, military photographer's, or wire service photos taken there. I often ran into this problem myself when I was doing field work in remote regions.
Water temperature control in processing was another problem. Color film is very sensitive to temperature in processing. In the Pacific most of the processing was done aboard ship, with poor temperature control.
Michael (mopnglo)
Still turned out great, nice rack and cans also…….
I agree with you, just run with it.
Thanks Guys,
Bob
Damage wasn't too bad but finding a couple of the smaller parts on the floor proved time consuming. Worst part was that the mantlet snapped and it was a pain getting back on so that the barrel could still elevate. Despite that I made more progress. I decided to keep the drivers hatch closed as I didn't have any suitable figures (all I have is German panzer and modern U.S. tankers). I've also been trying to build up the broken left front lifting eye with little success.
mine comes out of a bottle Bob and what ever it comes out as is what I get. 
