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Hi Tom, Hard to say exactly what color you're thinking of, since I've seen many, many different greens on ammo boxes and jerry cans. Amongst my dad's stuff for example, there is a rather bright green jerry can --- brighter than any of the greens in my samples. But he also has a number of...

Hi brazengoat, I haven't compared Gillespie colors to freshly painted PPG paints in real life, so can't comment really. I believe both Gillespie Coatings and PPG are authorized, mil-spec paint suppliers, so I would assume they each have the capability to produce the correct color paint, on...

Having heard there was a difference based on which primer was used, I experimented with both the Gillespie red oxide and black oxide spray primers. With two top coats, there was no distinguishable difference in final color, whether using red oxide or black oxide. In fact, the top row of...

Glad the pictures were useful, Mike. I really like your M109 project by the way!

Thought I'd share some paint samples for those interested in having color comparison of some of the Gillespie Coatings paints. Rapco's samples on their website are helpful, but they aren't the best since they look like they were taken indoors. My pics are outside in bright sunlight. I've...