Mack NR color

Slava · #1 25-01-11, 15:13

Hello everybody!

I'm in the begining of restoration of my old truck NR-14 early 1945.
The truck was in Russia all the time from WW2 till now.
Restoration report shell been little later, when I'll have some good-wiewable results.

But now I have a question.

I have first parts prepeared for painting and I have to choose the color.

During the disassembling the rear bogie (in work now) I find a part with original paint. It is a heat shield for hub bearings and it was inside the brake drum. A paint on it saw no sun last 65 years.
There are two photos of it with different illumination.

Any comments from forum-members about color's originality?

Slava · #2 01-05-11, 21:41

Results of color choice

Bob Carriere · #3 02-05-11, 05:35

That is quite the project.....massive size and very few around have been restored.

On the color...... very difficult because every MLU reader will see it slightly different due to the individual color setting on there computer screens.

Your first pictures..... especially the one on the white snow background.... is the most complicated...... in photography white snow usually throws off the colors of surrounding items...... in digital photography we usually have to trick the camera automatic settings to get better moe accurate pictures.

The secret you have discovered is to find a part(s) that has not been exposed to sunlight, such as the shield you photographed and try to match that shade ......... it does not matter how it looks on our computer as long as you can find a mix that will give you the same shade of army green.

You seem to be making good progress cleaning up and painting parts for re-assembly.

Keep up the good work and keep showing us pictures as you move ahead with your restoration.

Bob C.

Slava · #4 04-05-11, 08:47

Thanks a lot Bob!

I made some color reseach before start to work.
Too interesting facts could be finded looking in the net for "The history of Olive drab". All readen there relaits good to my heat shield color.
I have to say, I have one more NR truck at the moment, and both heat shield's colors are always the same.

Anyway work is doing now and the color is chosen.

New results will be seen for any MLU members as soon as I'll have it.

All the best!

Slava · #5 09-01-12, 20:23

Progress during last year.
Disassembling rear bogie.

Slava · #6 09-01-12, 20:36

Had to repear trunnion bracket unit.
Rust made seals dead and water came in.
Trunnion axle was rusted and weared bruss pipes.
Play of 3 mm makes new seals unworkable.
Have axle machined ower for 1.5 mm to delete rust cavits.
Lot of work and expensive materials was aplied.
Bruss pipe wasn't for sell, by solid piece only. Forgot how many kilos..
New pipes made and pressed in.