I wan't sure whether to put this here or in painting - I opted for here, hope that doesn't offend.

Can anyone point me at any pictures, in colour preferably but B&W welcome too, of Britsih armour finished in Colour No 2.

I have down quite a few searches myself and whilst I have found all sorts of colours I'm not satisfied that any one of them in Colour No 2.

I did find this useful link

http://www.afrikakorps.org/britishafvcolors.htm

which shows Colour No 2 as quite a deep chocolateearth colour, but I've never seen any British armour coloured like that (apart from as camoflage over desert yellow on a Grant at the Imperial War Museum I think).

Appreciate any help.

Cheers,

Nigel

SCC 2 Brown was introduced as the overall color of British vehicles in temperate zones in 1942, when supplies of chromic oxide ran short, which had made production of green pigments difficult. It was phased out in April, 1944, as the supply situation eased, in favor of SCC 15 British Olive Drab.

British armor researcher Mike Starmer offers the following mix:

S.C.C. 2 (Brown, Khaki Brown or Service Drab)
Mix: Revell 84 + Revell 86 in ratio 16:5. Acceptable results can be had with
Humbrol 98 + 29 in ratio 5:4.
White Ensign ARB05 is slightly light but can be used on a model as is.
Dyed tilts in S.C.C. 2 can be represented by Humbrol 29 mixed with slight
touches of white, black or grey to detail variations in dye.
In use: 1941 – 1945 as basic colour with S.C.C. 1A or S.C.C. 14.
Description: Rich dark brown with a hint of ‘khaki’.

Starmer is the author of several books on British camouflage practice which are worth tracking down.

Hi Nigel I've attached a few pics. The RAM Kangaroo and Cruiser Tank (sorry not too hot on early WW2 tanks) are both at Bovington, and the RMASG Centaur is my own model. I'm think I'm right in saying that all Centaurs bar one that were deployed on D Day were in SCC2. I also have two wartime pics of Centaurs, one in green and one in brown, I could email to you, but wouldn't want to post here for copyright reasons.