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m113 acav paint question
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 08:17 AM UTC
What would be the acurate color for the interior.
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 08:56 AM UTC
hi pfc I have no idea but if you pm greyhunter he can sure as hell tell you hes armorama's m113 person
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 09:07 AM UTC
Modern ones are sea foam green (aka Sky Type S in the paint bins). I've heard tales that some early Vietnam era M113s were semi gloss white inside. I guess if you're trying to match a particular vehicle, find a color photo. If you just want to do a generic one, either white or sea foam green could be correct.
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 09:24 AM UTC
The ones that I saw in the mid sixty's were gloss white on the insides.
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 09:33 AM UTC
I was active in the late 70's and I seem to remember a gloss white color as being the standard
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 10:08 AM UTC
I have a few photos of ACAV taken in Nam and they clearly show sea foam green interior.

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Pawel
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 11:06 AM UTC
I did Tamiya M113 ACAV a few years ago and all the references I read was about interior was painted in white. M113 series book also tells the same
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2004 - 11:28 AM UTC
Check those photos:



Those are pictures of ACAV taken in Vietnam. On the first photo you can clearly see light green paint on some parts (other look like white, but I'm sure it is just the lighting. The second photo is not that clear but check the small white placard with red text, right of the blue thing - I'm sure that the color of the wall that the placard is attached to is sea foam green, as it is significantly darker than placard background.

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Pawel
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