Hello,

This is my first post here...
I have seen references to the British WWII desert 2- or 3- colour schemes (sand plus 2 more colours) as the "CAUNTER" scheme.


Does anyone know the origins or derivation of the term "Caunter scheme"?

Named after its inventor I think. A quick search on the net suggests a Colonel in the British Army?

Gary

Brigadier Caunter, commander of 4AB in the western desert.

Speaking of Caunter, does anybody know if the AK set is any good accuracy wise?

Kimmo

Thank you fpr your information. I had thought it was a man's name but could not find it on the net.

What is the AK set?

Nick

I suppose is that color set, I'm curious too about that colors

http://ak-interactive.com/v2/?product=the-caunter-scheme-1940-41

Cheers!

Thanks.

On Saturday I am meeting modellers who know about the AK set of colors and I will ask them how good these colors are and how they behave.
Some of these guys are members of IPMS-Hellas (Greece) and experienced modellers.

Nick
ATHENS, GREECE

I did Tamiya's 1/48 Matilda in Caunter using the LIfecolr Middle East British Vehicle Camo set and had really good results.

MODEL MILITARY INTERNATIONAL #105 (Jan 2015)has an excellent article on this scheme with patterns and colors called out for Stuarts, Matildas, Crusaders and Valentines along with 5 view drawings plus close up details and variations on the theme.

Matt,

Your model looks superb. I will save the photo for inspiration...

Thanks

Hi, I don't use AV or Mig for mine. But I choose the dark yellow, green and "stone" scheme. I mean, don't choose the sky-blue one for the third color.

I use Tamiya dark green, dark yellow, and for the stone some sort of RLM 02 color.







Regards
Alvaro

Alvaro,

Your Stuart looks excellent too. The 3 colors look quite similar to Matt's Matilda above,
Thanks

PMMS has a sample of a book on the Caunter Scheme with several line drawings.
Here's a review with color images of teh correct color chips.
The pae in question:

Here is a photo of Stuart I made in 72nd from Matchbox, long ago--15 years or more ago.

https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/29773/STUART_HONEY_TANK.JPG

Hi,
I have this article by William Marschall as a very nice reference of the Caunter Schemme.
http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/bellmanwm_1.htm
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Gelson

Honeys did use the Caunter scheme--some at least. I saw some in youtube videos on the desert war and some that had it are shown during operation Crusader.