Paint specs – help!!

absolutely will talk to them! thanks again!:D

John,

Yes, excellent thanks!

Many aircraft are repainted on a regular basis. Also, they have a very thin coat of paint, to keep weight down, and this doesnt weather well.

Been there, done that! Do talk to your supplier, and get something as durable as possible.

Bruce

Weird considering most aircraft spend their entire lives outside….

As an aside (Hijacking my own thread) – Bruce, did you get the Lancaster pics I sent, and were they any good?

Odd, but Aerospace finishes are not necessarily the best for aircraft on external display. They tend to have a very finite life.

Bruce

The supplier is an aerospace coatings firm. Nothing definite YET… but thank you all!

Talk to your paint supplier – whoever it is, and make sure you get a durable finish. Dont just buy the cheapest, as it wont last. Make sure it can be applied by your chosen method (which will probably be roller for something that big!)

Bruce

Cant remember the owner

Should contact the fellow that has the vulcan cockpit thats painted in the same scheme. I think it is XH537??

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/vulcan/survivors/xh537hurn.jpg

http://www.indfinspec.demon.co.uk/bs_381c_colour_chart.htm

There is a set of colour chips at this location which includes BS381C/241 (Dark Green) and BS381C/637 (Medium Sea Grey). RAL9003 should do for the white and RAL9004 for the black. The link also has the RAL charts

how many humbrol tins would I need….?! 20,000 +… ho ho. 😀

Think small

Have you tried the Humbrol modelling paints?They have been known to be pretty darn close.Do they sell in bulk though?:diablo:

We potentially have a supplier, its just the actual specs we need…. I really don’t want to paint it the wrong colour – that would be mildly embarasing:o

Suggest you contact Akzo Nobel in Leicester mate,

They are an enormous paint company, and an aerospace coatings specialist. They are supplying us with all of our paint, FOC too. Perhaps you could negotiate a deal with them?

Flipflopman

I’m looking for the paint specs for the following (modern or old)

GLOSS Medium Sea Grey
GLOSS Dark Earth Green
GLOSS White
Gloss black

Its for a 1970 gloss Vulcan scheme, so if I have the colours’ names wrong, PLEASE TELL ME!!!!:eek:

The colours are:

Medium Sea Grey (BS381C 637)
Dark Green (BS381C 641/241 – the number changed in the late 80s/early 90s from 641 to 241 – same shade)

Don’t have the actual paint specs to hand for compostion