Hi Guys, I'm getting close to the point to paint both 1/4, a January slat Grill MB and an August 42 GPW and well, I did an extensive search on the net and this old thread kept my absolute attention, pity that is old enough.
The fact is that preparing both tubs to sandblast, I removed some items that offered me some spots of true virgin paint (one coat over a yellowish primer). Then I went to my paint supplier and he lend me the RAL chart to compare and see if Could match some and the results in RAL are:
RAL 6003: close but too clear
RAL 6014: close but too brown
RAL 6022: close again but too dark
The rest of the chart was more far after compare one by one.
Due my job I somehow deal with colors and indeed I'm pretty sure that adding some very few black to the 6003 would give us a closer approximation to the original color.
In fact, while I respect all the opinions exposed here, I think that after a tough and careful restoration that is taking me quite a lot effort and dedication, the color match is what will make the difference between to "restore a jeep" or "remanufacture a jeep", I've seen some samples of MAT1 and compared to my slat color match is too clear (bit washed sensation) and too grainy (my slat original sample is somehow satin and smooth, but maybe done to have had attached under quite pressure a feet switch that smooth the original paint) so... still no way to paint and get the satisfaction I'm searching for.
I tried to get paint from the US but not shipping outside so I must stick to a European manufacture, the question is who and where or what reference will be the real match despite personal color tastes or preferences.
A good thing would be if somebody (maybe Mr Gilmore?) that have a true sample and spectrophotometer it, could give us the correlation in CMYK (cyan-magenta-yellow-black) as basis to get a true formulation in Europe.