Softskins - As details above except;
Pre-war – 1941 – Tilts are a light canvas colour, in 1940-41 painted over with M.T.P. 20 bands in the darker colour used – usually G3. Tilts could also be dyed Khaki Green No. 3 over which G4 might be painted.
August 1941 – A.C.I. 1559 authorises the use of Khaki Green No. 3 and Nobel’s Dark Tarmac Green No.4 on bodywork with bituminous emulsion of S.C.C. 7 and S.C.C. 1A (dark brown) on canvas surfaces. The evidence available at present suggests that Nobel’s Dark Tarmac Green No.4 is a very dark blue-grey.
November 1941 - A.C.I. 1559 is cancelled by A.C.I. 2202. With M.T.P. 20 still specified all top horizontal surfaces are to be S.C.C. 1A or if unavailable S.C.C. 14 (black). S.C.C. 2 to be used to restore faded tilts. Photographs and film show this in use with M.T.P. 20 bands. They also show M.T.P.46/ 4A pattern overlaying a sharp straight line between a dark top and medium sides. New tilts and hoods were now manufactured from canvas dyed to a near match for S.C.C. 2.
August 1944 - A.C.I. 1100 – Tilts to be dyed S.C.C. 15 Olive Drab rather than S.C.C. 2. Bituminous Emulsion S.C.C. 7 (green) may be used on tents, penthouses and hoods where S.C.C. 15 was not available.
