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Excuse my ignorance everyone, but was is RAL?  Steve..
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Hello Steve,
It is the Standard Colour Matching System for Europe by which all commercial paints are mixed to get them exacty the same each time they are mixed or at least as close as makes no difference to the capabilities of the human Mk.1 eyeball!!
You will find this link more enlightening Steve :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAL (click on the topmost entry in the list - color space system)
It is the way to go if you want to paint your models in exactly the same colour as the paint on the original full size machine!!
The following link to a RAL Colour Chart is also in my 'Cyber Garage Index' in the 'Motor Modellers' General Model Car & Bike Chat section of this forum:
http://www.ralcolor.com/
Pretty much the same as the splendid chart in Toms' post #1 on this thread.
Hope that helps?
Kev
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Those familiar with Hachette's Bismarck and Hood series will be familiar with RAL numbers as, as its what they provide for the paint shades,also industrial colours are generally specified as a RAL number.
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