L42 Transit chest Markings

[newcastle]

Does anyone have pics of the exterior markings on L42 transit chests please.
Also what is the correct Kahki colour I should use to paint a case from scratch (I'm painting an old bren chest up to be a faux HT sniper case).

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[jmoore]

Yes! Multi pics on older threads.
Look in Simon's sticky thread (Service for L42a1...) Not overrun w/ pics, but they're there.

And:

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=19309
"L42 Photos"

There's more, but you just gotta dig!

ETA:If I could remember who posted what, it would be easy, but otherwise the search feature gives TOO many matches...

[newcastle]

Thanks I'll have to look at these when at home - can't serach when using blackberry to access, which i do at work.

[WallyG.]

My chest is currently flat black... before that it was silver and before that the same green as my Bren chests and various other equipments.

[Lithy]

The proper chest for the HT looks like this.

[Peter Laidler]

The colour of the L42 chest is the Land Rover matt drab green colour used on UK MoD spec Land Rovers. Any paint supplier should be able to mix that

[Thunderbox]

I've got a "brand-new" mint condition- apparently unused - chest here, and its painted in the gloss "bronze green" that Land Rovers and other vehicles used to be delivered in before they were repainted with the IRR matt green.

[Roger Payne]

I've got a "brand-new" mint condition- apparently unused - chest here, and its painted in the gloss "bronze green" that Land Rovers and other vehicles used to be delivered in before they were repainted with the IRR matt green.

Thunderbox, out of curiosity, are the corner mortice joints on your 'new' box larger than those shown in most of the illustrations? I have a late chest that is bronze green & the joints are larger than on the majority of issue cases. I have seen a few others like this as well. Presumably a late production run with some minor simplifications. Not important, but just worth a mention.

ATB

[Thunderbox]

Thunderbox, out of curiosity, are the corner mortice joints on your 'new' box larger than those shown in most of the illustrations? I have a late chest that is bronze green & the joints are larger than on the majority of issue cases. I have seen a few others like this as well. Presumably a late production run with some minor simplifications. Not important, but just worth a mention.

ATB

Well spotted that man! Yes; I have three older L42 chests with the "small" finger joints at the corner, whilst the "new" one has substantially bigger 1/2" finger joints. The torn paper sticker ha the abbreviation "... wkshps ..." on it, so it has been to/from a unit of some kind.

[DanL96a1]

L42 Transit Case Markings