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What colour for scale autos?

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 29, 2004 2:37 AM
Yep have to agree with that.
Welcome Chris.

Cheers, Pete.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:42 PM
Pete has a good point. If you are building a car to represent the marque, then research the colours. If you're making a stock or race car, the the same rules apply for making up your own model railroad company - do what you like; use your imagination. For older [in model age] autos, you can't go far wrong using black, light and dark grey, maroon, pale blue, midnight blue, or dark green and; oh yes; white!
I think the bottom line is - have fun!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 2, 2004 6:09 PM
Yup, gotta keep them metallic colors in scale.
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Posted by Enzo_Man on Thursday, April 1, 2004 11:24 PM
Yeppo, color makes all the difference. I have a '99 Mustang kit painted silver with all black interior. It didn't look too hot. And I have another of the same kit painted Saphire blue Metallic with black/tan interior. Looks Awesome. But I don't recomend using a paint with large metallic flakes in it. I did that once and the car was too, I dunno, sparkly. Just flat out didn't look right.
Aerodynamics is for people who can't build engines.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 1, 2004 7:17 PM
I think different colors can give the same car a completely different look. I have several "builts" where the only difference is body/interior color scheme.
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What colour for scale autos?
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 1, 2004 5:41 AM
Admiring artecars Mk II Jaguar (which is a must see if you have not already drooled all over it like I have) got me thinking.

Military models are usually required to have whatever the camo patterns so the choice of colours is limited. The same applies to specific racing cars.

But what of production cars where there was a range of colours on the full size vehicle?
Is there any benefit in selecting say Dark Blue in place of Light Blue?
Given we are working in small scales do different colours make a car look more realistic than another colour?

Any and all thoughts are welcome.
By the way here in Oz we spell colour with a 'U' and we pronounce aluminum "Al -yew- minn-ee-um" and spell it aluminium.just in case you were wondering about the typo's.!

Cheers, Pete.
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