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The only way to get close to the original is if you have color chips from that era to get you in the ball park and then you need to factor in weather and operations issues :frantic Not to mention what has happened to the original."
Cheers, Christian B)[/quote]
Even then the colour may be off depending on the batch/lot used. When painting large surfaces you're advised to get all your paint from the same batch as there can be a dramatic difference in tones between batches. And that's not to mention if the paint was field mixed and applied as even the carrier for the pigment can make a big difference in the tone. Light/time of day can really change the appearance of red or browns. I built a 24 feet long by 16.6 inches wide Caribou Innuit kayak and painted it brick red. I took a picture one sunny day of it from the front and 30 seconds later took another picture from the stern. The bow shot looks red and the stern shot looks dark brown; in effect two totally different colours but the two images were take only seconds apart with the only difference being whether the sun was in front or behind the camera. i think that there is far too much "obsessing" over the exact colour/tone used on the real vehicles. Like I said above, even the position of the sun amd/or time of day can affect the apparent colour seen. Then there's the whole colour shift during printing to consider.
Cheers from Peter
The only way to get close to the original is if you have color chips from that era to get you in the ball park and then you need to factor in weather and operations issues :frantic Not to mention what has happened to the original."
Cheers, Christian B)[/quote]
Even then the colour may be off depending on the batch/lot used. When painting large surfaces you're advised to get all your paint from the same batch as there can be a dramatic difference in tones between batches. And that's not to mention if the paint was field mixed and applied as even the carrier for the pigment can make a big difference in the tone. Light/time of day can really change the appearance of red or browns. I built a 24 feet long by 16.6 inches wide Caribou Innuit kayak and painted it brick red. I took a picture one sunny day of it from the front and 30 seconds later took another picture from the stern. The bow shot looks red and the stern shot looks dark brown; in effect two totally different colours but the two images were take only seconds apart with the only difference being whether the sun was in front or behind the camera. i think that there is far too much "obsessing" over the exact colour/tone used on the real vehicles. Like I said above, even the position of the sun amd/or time of day can affect the apparent colour seen. Then there's the whole colour shift during printing to consider.
Cheers from Peter
No problem, git ya some sheet styrene & scratch one 
