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Posted by Rufus Sifred on Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:36 AM

Hello Fellows

 

I will paint my 1/350 uss Arizona using Model Master Paint Acrylics and I need to know what the color of the vertical surface used in that ship.  I saw that the Uss Arizona used the 5-s code color and if it is right,  the "sea blue" code 4226 of the Model Master is ok?

 

Thanks to all   

 

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    August 2005
  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:18 PM

Testors 4226 is a dark sea blue and is appropriate for naval aircraft of the period.   It is inappropriate as 5S Sea Blue of the Pearl Harbor period.   (The problems of calling color by a generic name)

I'm not even sure that Testors made the correct Sea Blue (5-S) in their now out-of-production line of acrylic paints.    I know that they never did 5D Dark Gray, the color which the Arizona was known to be in from April, 1941 to late fall 1941.   Whether the Arizona was, in fact in 5S Sea Blue is still a matter of contention between historians.   Likewise 5S is not in the PollyScale line of acrylic paints.

The only out of the bottle solution is the Colourcoat line of paints from White Ensign.  They are enamels.   Should you choose to mix your own, the Snyder & Short Paint Chips should be your standard to mix to

 

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    November 2003
Posted by richter111 on Saturday, November 28, 2009 6:00 PM
Contact white ensign models, they will be able to point you in the right direction AND sell you the perfect paint
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