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Posted: 10/5/2015 11:13:12 PM EDT
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I am looking for the paint codes for the Rhodesian baby poo paint. I used to have the old Fal files thread but I lost it. I asked over there but havent gotten any hits. Also, Did the Rhodesians remove the sling swivels? I know they clipped the carry handles. Just trying to make this rifle as authentic as possible. Thanks |
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Hey guys, I am looking for the paint codes for the Rhodesian baby poo paint. I used to have the old Fal files thread but I lost it. I asked over there but havent gotten any hits. Also, Did the Rhodesians remove the sling swivels? I know they clipped the carry handles. Just trying to make this rifle as authentic as possible. Thanks Do a search. NHBandit is the one who put the paint codes up. I think it may actually by in the stickied Rhodesian thread on the FN Files section in one of the first few pages. I'm not sure if DuPont Centari is still available, though. SaigamanTX sells bottles of paint in the FAL Files Marketplace that is close in colour, but it is a less durable type. Not all carry handles were clipped. A RhSAS folding-butt rifle in private hands still has its carry handle. Some swivels were removed, some weren't. Heck, some rifles still had slings on them, too. Rhodesian stuff was a real mixed bag. If you have a parts kit that is all-Rhodesian and has the swivels or carry handle then just leave them be; if not, just don't bother to replace them. |
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Hey guys, I am looking for the paint codes for the Rhodesian baby poo paint. I used to have the old Fal files thread but I lost it. I asked over there but havent gotten any hits. Also, Did the Rhodesians remove the sling swivels? I know they clipped the carry handles. Just trying to make this rifle as authentic as possible. Thanks If you still need them IM me your email address. I have several screenshots of data including paint codes. Can't upload as my computer is still boxed up from moving. |
| I dont know the paint codes but I did serve in the Rhodesia Regiment. Carry handles and sling swivels were clipped or not on a unit basis. Many were intact. The RLI generally had theirs clipped. Weapons were generally painted by brush on the ground by motorpool troops (there was no spray paint in the country that I know of). None looked "professionally done". By regulation, the bolt carrier, trigger, flash hider and sights were not painted. Also the FAL was not the only infantry rifle used..many G3s were in service also, painted similarly. The colours were roughly a medium to dark green and a more mustard yellow. If you want an idea of the green colour, look at the colour Land Rovers and Bedfords were painted..it was the same paint. |
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I dont know the paint codes but I did serve in the Rhodesia Regiment. Carry handles and sling swivels were clipped or not on a unit basis. Many were intact. The RLI generally had theirs clipped. Weapons were generally painted by brush on the ground by motorpool troops (there was no spray paint in the country that I know of). None looked "professionally done". By regulation, the bolt carrier, trigger, flash hider and sights were not painted. Also the FAL was not the only infantry rifle used..many G3s were in service also, painted similarly. The colours were roughly a medium to dark green and a more mustard yellow. If you want an idea of the green colour, look at the colour Land Rovers and Bedfords were painted..it was the same paint. Very cool. Thank you for your info. I would love to hear some stories of your time in Rhodesia. Ive read a few books on the bush war and really enjoyed them. Its been a few years since, but I should re read them. |
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I copied the codes down a few years back. I believe that many members making Rhody clones used the same recipe.. The codes originally posted by NHBandit on the FALFiles were the following:
Dupont Centari Automative Paint Dark Forest Green: DS166A Mustard Yellow: YS432A I had a few pints mixed at a local auto parts store using DuPont Centari paint. I was told that this stuff is very bad if you are spraying without the proper mask and protection. I told them I was just brushing it on and they said to still make sure the space was properly ventilated and done preferably in an open area. Good luck. |
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I copied the codes down a few years back. I believe that many members making Rhody clones used the same recipe.. The codes originally posted by NHBandit on the FALFiles were the following: Dupont Centari Automative Paint Dark Forest Green: DS166A Mustard Yellow: YS432A I had a few pints mixed at a local auto parts store using DuPont Centari paint. I was told that this stuff is very bad if you are spraying without the proper mask and protection. I told them I was just brushing it on and they said to still make sure the space was properly ventilated and done preferably in an open area. Good luck. Is this paint still available? |
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I copied the codes down a few years back. I believe that many members making Rhody clones used the same recipe.. The codes originally posted by NHBandit on the FALFiles were the following: Dupont Centari Automative Paint Dark Forest Green: DS166A Mustard Yellow: YS432A I had a few pints mixed at a local auto parts store using DuPont Centari paint. I was told that this stuff is very bad if you are spraying without the proper mask and protection. I told them I was just brushing it on and they said to still make sure the space was properly ventilated and done preferably in an open area. Good luck. Is this paint still available? I believe Centari was discontinued several years ago related to the content of isocyanalates. I had my batches made around 2010. Like I said above it is bad stuff. The color codes are what the original O/P was looking for. I would think a competent paint department can match the colors in a much safer media |
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I believe Centari was discontinued several years ago related to the content of isocyanalates. I had my batches made around 2010. Like I said above it is bad stuff. The color codes are what the original O/P was looking for. I would think a competent paint department can match the colors in a much safer media Quoted:
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I copied the codes down a few years back. I believe that many members making Rhody clones used the same recipe.. The codes originally posted by NHBandit on the FALFiles were the following: Dupont Centari Automative Paint Dark Forest Green: DS166A Mustard Yellow: YS432A I had a few pints mixed at a local auto parts store using DuPont Centari paint. I was told that this stuff is very bad if you are spraying without the proper mask and protection. I told them I was just brushing it on and they said to still make sure the space was properly ventilated and done preferably in an open area. Good luck. Is this paint still available? I believe Centari was discontinued several years ago related to the content of isocyanalates. I had my batches made around 2010. Like I said above it is bad stuff. The color codes are what the original O/P was looking for. I would think a competent paint department can match the colors in a much safer media What kind of paint would the Rhodesians likely have used on aircraft and automobiles in the 1970s? Whatever that is is what they used to paint their small arms and crew-served weapons. |
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Are the top two pics rifles with original camo? Most of my kits were like the bottom picture. I left the paint on them and added new paint with it on the two top pictures ones. The paint color matches the original paint really well. Before I get through with them I will remove a little more of the paint where it would have been worn off in use. The picture of the one on the bottom one was left that way. The one in the middle didn't have paint on it and was left it that way. I have several more FAL kits that someday I will do them. Now I am working on some Retro AR's. Ron |
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Here's a question for the hive... I have two friends who were Rhodesian African Rifle officers. They did not paint their own rifles, their men did it for them. Both have mentioned "mutti" marks. Has anyone seen these and have a picture? In for the answer |
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