Some more from my research
I have managed to borrow a paint spectrograph for a couple of weeks and have now inspectd and measured the sample plates held by the AWM.
I have also read and copied a good deal of Frank Hinders personal papers.
I cant post images right now but will later.
The results are .
The standards plates held by the AWM have faded to the extent they are not useful being at least four shades lighter and a Good deal of damage and scuffing of their surface. Sufficient to establish that the gloss is les then 1%
This makes the Berger samples in the national archive the most reialble source given it has been well protected and rarely exposed to light.
The Canberra plates were not devised by Hinder as noted on their details of the artifact. They were in fact devised by a paint technologist from Berger paints in Melbourne in 1940 loosely based on the British standard colors adapted to Australian standards and availability of non led pigments.
I have managed to find some of the base pigments and proportions for some colours .
The AWM has , using the Munsel system and the Australian Standards book ( which they do not poses a copy of so they used a borrowed copy) .have had two sets of plated made. They are very very close to those plates I have had access to and I regard them as close enough.
Their KG3 colour is the same as the Protek / Bob Mosely colour . There is a disparity on the KGJ and Light Stone depending if they acquired the artifact pre restored or they did the job themselves. Their KGJ is spot on however the dingo is not accurate.
The North African Desert Yellow is all over the shop with the Marmon Herington , the Long 25pdr and other artifacts being quite different colours. This is puzzling as they have a captured German AA Gun painted German Tan and over painted with the UK "Desert Yellow " ( light stone )
The original artifact is a good deal more yellow than either the Marmon Herington or the 25Pdr
I also viewed the 2 pdr which has been on display for many many years. The paint is original and as used in Malaya. It establishes the pre war Deep Bronze Green as used in Australia up until about mid 1940 . It is quite different to the Deep Bronze Green used after the war and somewhat different to Mike Starmers sample.
All in all a very interesting visit
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