Re: [CBQ] Re: Color Match

[rgortowski@aol.com]

Jim,

 

As a similar dinosaur, I also miss Bat and Ed's presence.  I was just thinking about both of them the other day when I was reviewing some information in the Zephyr.  They were two guys who were instrumental to the identification and distribution of Q information!  A great help to us modelers.

 

I will check out your suggestion on the CP Gray for my TR-2. I generally paint with Scalecoat I if possible, but I sometime use the water-based acrylics.  I would prefer to keep the top lighter than has been the norm in recent releases and weather it down from there.

 

Thanks,

 

Rich

 

-----Original Message-----
From: james sandrin <jamessandrin@yahoo.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Dec 13, 2012 8:54 am
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Color Match

 

As one of the remaining dinosaurs from the BRHS formative years, here is a bit of history concerning our roots. Both Rod (Bat) Masterson and Ed Derouin served as conduits to manufacturers to insure some tokin of  accuracy in their models and paint colors.  Sadly both of these friends are gone due to cancer and no new links have been established to fill the need.  Another aid in matching Blackbird/Redbird schemes were the paint chips that Bob Landregan once provided, now probably very rare.  Uncle Bob matched the original Duco color codes and had Dupont produce the actual color chips.  When one was the chief engineer at FMC/Gunderson, such requests were honored by suppliers! 

 

For what it is worth, SP lettering Gray is very close for Redbirds, CP Grey for the Blackbirds and D&H Gray  for the SW1000s, which were lighter.  Good Luck.  The Colorado Curmudgeon

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