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Post by geardriven on Sept 22, 2019 15:22:52 GMT -7
OK......I am confined to rattle cans and I want to do a box-stock ‘68 Plymouth Roadrunner in the Mopar B-5 blue.
It seemed a bit 75% of the musclecar Chevys and Mopars were painted in Marina Blue/Chevrolet and B-5 Blue/Mopar.
I am looking to do a stock “Runner” in this blue with a black vinyl top and poverty caps.....the typical “strippo” options go-fast muscle car of the day.
I have my best finishes from the Tamiya TS line and a metallic would be incorrect.
I think the TS-22 Brilliant Blue might do the trick....any suggestions...??
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Post by BUCKY on Sept 22, 2019 19:07:22 GMT -7
Something like this?  I'm not sure which hobby paint would come close. The 1:1 paint in a stray can would most likely have too big of flakes in it. |
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Post by BUCKY on Sept 22, 2019 19:15:55 GMT -7
This is Tamiya TS-44 Gloss Brilliant Blue:  Might be pretty close. TS-22 shows up as a green:  |
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Post by stitchdup on Sept 22, 2019 20:05:40 GMT -7
One of the US paint brands would be more likelly to have the shade you wants mate or would there be something in tamiyas military colours that you could clear after?
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Post by geardriven on Sept 24, 2019 17:49:57 GMT -7
Hey Bucky,
Thank you...I was looking at Tamiya’s Brilliant Blue as a possibility.
I have a current Mopar color called PB-3 Intense Blue Pearl.
I have both colors and matching primers as well and I can take some test shots before I commit...
This build is a few down the road, so I will finish up the proceeding projects and update when I move on the Roadrunner.
Stitch,
You are spot on with those military Tamiya colors. A lot of the blues and greens are pastel shade for camouflage purposes and non-metallics for reflective purposes. Clears lay over very well....
I have 3-4 cans of various Tamiya military shades as they represent many of the colors used on the 60-70s GM cars.
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Post by BUCKY on Sept 25, 2019 5:23:12 GMT -7
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Post by geardriven on Sept 25, 2019 16:45:31 GMT -7
Hey Bucky,
I can attest to that... in my youth, an older guy down the block bought a brand new Dodge Charger in the Bright Blue color with a white tip and white interior....and yes that blue did “pop”.....
A friends older brother, a few years later, bought a ‘70 Roadrunner in the bright blue shade and I remember seeing the cars together and remember the Charger being a brighter more “glistening” shade of blue....
The tone changes make sense....
Also, the can of Duplicolor I spoke of in this thread has that same “pop” to it.....may be on to something here.....
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Post by BUCKY on Sept 25, 2019 18:09:57 GMT -7
Test the Duplicolor on some scrap, first. The flake might be a little big for 1/25 scale. I've used a lot of Duplicolor paint, and not all colors have the same size flake in it.
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