Demo 300LB M31

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Barnie65

Airman 1st Class
My new side restoration project is a Demolution 300 LB M31 bomb.
Due to the low lot number, it was probably built before March 1942, so yellow. Does anyone know what FS number they had or does RAL1021 rapeseed yellow or 1023 traffic yellow go?
Does anyone know how these were labeled?
 

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As memory serves all bombs made before the 1st March 1942 were painted FS 33538 yellow. Bombs made after the date were painted OD green and marked with 2" yellow bands on the nose or/and tail of the bomb.
 
I know about the olive green and the yellow stripes, but in the books I have only talk about yellow but without a more precise name, I learned something again.
According to the book I have, the lettering is black
 
Does anyone know where I can get the rear parts?
or what they look like to imitate

And what dimension is the thread?
 

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