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Posted by roony on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 9:47 PM

What colour orange is a good match to the tank on the shuttles?

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Posted by gsr on Saturday, August 6, 2011 2:20 PM

The Space Shuttle External Tanks vary in color from a Rust color to a light tan.  Look at some pictures of  a particular stack, then choose the color you think best approximates it.

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Posted by TomZ2 on Saturday, August 6, 2011 8:50 PM

gsr

The Space Shuttle External Tanks vary in color from a Rust color to a light tan.  Look at some pictures of  a particular stack, then choose the color you think best approximates it.

I’d say.

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Posted by Justinryan215 on Sunday, August 7, 2011 2:06 PM

Tamiya 'Hull Red' is a good start, lightened with a bit of white....then weathered heavily...

 

 

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Posted by crowe-t on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 6:43 PM

I used a mixture of Pollyscale Southern Pacific Daylight Orange & Rust(approx. 50/50) with a few drops of white added for an ET I'm working on.  

So far this is just the base coat.  I still have to add some shading and other details but I think the color looks close.

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Posted by roony on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 10:07 AM

Thanks for the help and the pictures.  The tank is definitely more rust than orange.  I hope my tank looks as good as yours when I'm done.  Hard to believe that the shuttle era is over.

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