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a match for this colour?
ludwig113
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Posted: Friday, January 14, 2011 - 07:01 AM UTC
hi all,

does anyone know of a match for this colour?
it doesn't seem to be any of the usual RLM's , duck egg blue or sky colours etc
i'm not bothered about brand of paint,cheers paul
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Posted: Friday, January 14, 2011 - 11:47 AM UTC
try Tamiya and Humbrol
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Posted: Friday, January 14, 2011 - 11:34 PM UTC

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try Tamiya and Humbrol


i've tried all the usual places,infact i thought i'd found a humbrol match for it,but the top of the tin and the paint inside dont match!

paul
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 02:08 AM UTC
hey there

quick question... In what context is the color used.... IE.. country and what is it applied to/aprox years used.. ect.. and does it have a FS number... or some such.



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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 04:20 AM UTC

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hey there

quick question... In what context is the color used.... IE.. country and what is it applied to/aprox years used.. ect.. and does it have a FS number... or some such.





it was used on 1 aircraft...the prototype spitfire.
its a light blue/green or green/blue, but i cant seem to mix it and i've done alot of mixes
i've tries paints from vallejo,humbrol,tamiya and misterkit.

paul
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 04:34 AM UTC
Where did you get that colour? According to any info I can find 'Supermarine Blue' was a medium greyish blue. If you're in the SouthEast check out the replica at Tangmere Museum and the artwork on http://www.k5054.com/artwork.html .

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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 05:07 AM UTC
dave,

i went to tangmere and got the colour from there, its def not a greyish blue.
apparently the colour came off a model that was made for mitchels son which was painted with the same paint as the original.




paul
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 05:14 AM UTC
The photo I took from the starboard side, by natural light with the hangar door open looks a totally different colour:

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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 05:25 AM UTC
your right dave,
i didn't have the advantage of the hanger door being open,only light thru the skylights.....

have you got some more pictures with the hanger doors open please as the only ones on the web also look like mine

cheers paul
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 05:35 AM UTC

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your right dave,
i didn't have the advantage of the hanger door being open,only light thru the skylights.....

have you got some more pictures with the hanger doors open please as the only ones on the web also look like mine

cheers paul


I'll have a look - they'll be on an old back-up hard drive somewhere, so give me a few days
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 05:45 AM UTC
thanks very much for your help.

paul
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 01:01 PM UTC
Hello Paul try vallejo sky blue #67, #961 I hope this helps Bill
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Posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 08:53 PM UTC

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Hello Paul try vallejo sky blue #67, #961 I hope this helps Bill


bill, i think your right with that colour
and my favorite brand of paint as well.

cheers paul
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Posted: Sunday, January 16, 2011 - 11:38 AM UTC
Hello Paul glad I could help.Not bad for a DAT
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Posted: Monday, January 17, 2011 - 03:28 AM UTC
hi paul have you resolved your colour issue yet?i work in a decorative paint shop and have tried to match your colour today.if you go to your local decorators merchant they will have a good selection of swatches .the nearest i could see was on an NCS2 swatch.the colour being S 1050 B20G or S 1050 B30G if you could pop along to your merchant and have a look your local guys should be able to mix something very close in an alkyd gloss.hope this helps
geoff
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Posted: Monday, January 17, 2011 - 03:55 AM UTC
thanks geoff, i never thought of trying that.
i think i'm getting there now i've seen a pic of the colour in daylight.

cheers paul
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