Friends,

After my SAS jeep is finished I'm gonna do a dio on the Battle for Arnhem 1944.

Right now I'm diving into the reference material. I've got only one problem though:

Can anybody supply me with the camouflage pattern and colours for the jacket the british para's wore during WWII. Got plenty of reference material myself, but mostly it's in black and white. Please help me out here !

Hello Danny. Have you tried this site. It has some good info under the "Photo" section as well as under "Gear."

WWII Paras

Thx MJ,

nice pics. I can't figure out what colours to use thought. May be someone around here who can gimme a hand on that one ?

Eagle, I think you are talking about Denison smocks... There are some pics of the thing in the Figure Reference folder. I'm sorry I can't help you more as I'm not really a ww2 camo expert...

Mario M.

Danny will this help? This is the British 1st. Denison Pattern:
This is the the Denison from 1942:

Here's a paragraph on the colors used: The camouflaged patterning consisted of a light green base over which were printed large ragged areas of dark green and chocolate brown, the brown usually being overlaid on the dark green. Parts of the patterning were given the effect of having been applied with a wide brush stroke, as fine lines of brown or green showed up clearly at intervals over the pale green base as well as over either of the two colors.
Borrowed from this site: UNIFORMS OF BRITISH AIRBORNE FORCES IN WWII

I hope some of this helps.

That's it General Ken Sir !!!!

Those pics really make my day. Thanks !

Eagle,

Model Master Field Drab is a good start for the basic battledress jacket and trousers and lightened a bit will be a good base for the Denison. Red-brown and Dark Green for the camo. I'll check the manufacturers/numbers when I check the rest of the refrence for your kilted glidermen. My original Denison is faded and has a yellowish hue to it. Trying to find the definitive color for British uniforms is a problem I have ran into in my historical re-enactment hobby. I have 4 sets of Battledress and none of the colors are the same. "Khaki" is a term that varies from green to brown and everywhere in between. Supposedly there are 18 different documented shades and manufacturers for British uniforms. In 1/35 scale, you have a little lee-way to use. I have to scan some pictures for a guy of the USS Enterprise and I'll scan a couple of British Denisons too.

Great offer, thanks Chief !