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Sand color painting
Hello
My ford FAT cab 12 looks to have been painted in sand colors when it was "new", some original colors can be seen under the truck. Can someone give me the reference of this painting in RAL if possible? Is that sand color comon on this truck? Cheers Sylvain |
Sylvain,
That would be Light Stone #61. When the brunt of the fighting was in North Africa and many of the Commonwealth armies were dependent on Canadian vehicle manufacture, many if not most vehicles were painted Light Stone. Not all reached North Africa, those which were diverted to other theatres were repainted. There is no RAL equivalent. You could go to the expert on paint colours Mike Starmer - he has recipes to mix the right colour - see http://www.mafva.org/british-vehicle...flage-1939-45/ - or buy his books. Read more on my webpage http://www.mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/paint.html HTH, Hanno |
Hello Hanno
thank's for this two interesting links :thup: I will help me! At the moment the light stone color is only clearly to see on the transmission,and gear box, I will dismantle the chassis an hope I will find more clean color. Cheers Sylvain |
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I had a look at my unrestored quad yesterday.
and I have also found Sand/dessert colour, in different locations. this is the seat bracket from in the rear. |
Please note that finding parts in Light Stone colour does not mean the whole truck had that colour. It could well be that single parts or even assemblies had that colour, only to be sprayed in the final top coat colour as required per the contract which of course could be changed as war progressed and materiel had to be shipped to other theatres of war.
See the quote below from an earlier thread: Quote:
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Hello
you are right hanno, let see if they are more parts painted light stone, after dismantle the chassis. cheers |
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