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 Louie the Lilac |
Correct color for batmobile pinstripe? |
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Posts: 3 08/11/08 19:21:48 |
I'm painting a resin 1/25 kit, and I wonder if there's a more accurate way to get the pinstripe color than using red Pactra Trim Tape or Testors gloss
red enamel. There is more orange in the real thing than in these materials. Anyone find a better match or figure out a formula you can share? When I sat in the
No. 1 Batmobile in 1993 in Pittsburgh, I was amazed at how orange-ish the pinstripe was.
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radioscooter |
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Posts: 237 08/11/08 19:27:44 |
This debate has raged ad nauseum for a long while with modelers. Do you paint it the way it looked on TV? (more red) or the way it looked in person? (more
orange) It comes down to personal preference. I prefer more orange. (by the way I sat in that replica here in Pittsburgh too and it was pretty orangey)
The Testor's orange is almost a direct match for the Hot Wheels orange trim, so you can try that. You can also pull off some lengths of pactra tape and airbrush it more orangey. To get exact - have a sign company order you some sheets of 3M sign vinyl to your specs. Then trim off strps to your own size specs. 
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QuiGonJ |
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Posts: 34 08/11/08 19:30:05 |
I've found Boyd's (a division of Testor's) makes a color called Sunburnt that works well also.
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miket.1966batvehicles |
pin stripe color | #3 | ||
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Posts: 20 08/12/08 20:43:07 |
  this is what i used real good match fonud a most hobby
shops chevy engine red . it looks a little off in the photo but in person it is right on .
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spencer1984 |
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Posts: 20 08/13/08 02:33:38 |
I also like Boyd's Sunburst, it looks like a perfect red-orange to me.
Scale models of TV/movie cars & more: spencer1984.com |
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Louie the Lilac |
Thanks for the stripe color tips | #5 | ||
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Posts: 3 08/20/08 13:36:03 |
I will get hold of these sources and try them out. I figured the stripes were colored based on how they'd photograph on the film of the '60s. But when
I go with a pure bright red on the model, it just doesn't look right or authentic. So I'll lean more toward the real-life color.
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Futurabat6543 |
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Posts: 148 08/20/08 14:52:21 |
The stripes on the real deal are glowing cerise. A red/orange flourescent.
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BruceBishopUtah |
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Posts: 31 08/27/08 19:36:26 |
I bought the Testors Chevy Engine Red Acrylic paint that miket mentioned and it looks perfect! I need to put another coat over the red paint
pen I originally used for the missing striping, and I should have complete coverage. Thanks for the paint match tip!
I also bought a polishing kit for plastic and used it to clean off the black paint which was on the topside of my Standard's canopies. I was going to mail-order a polishing kit, but while looking for the Testors Chevy Engine Red Acrylic paint in a local hobby shop, I found a polishing kit as well and decided to pick it up. It worked wonderfully and I wish I had one of these polishing kits long ago! |
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Louie the Lilac |
Chevy Engine red and polishing kit. | #8 | ||
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Posts: 3 09/02/08 15:36:58 |
Bruce, what was the brand of the polishing kit you found? I'm looking for that myself. Also, I got Model Master Chevy Engine Red to try out, but there was
no spray can equivalent available, so I bought Model master Hemi Orange in a can, hoping it would be close. This is in case I decide to spray the color onto
pactra stick-on pinstripes, rather than doing them all by hand.
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BruceBishopUtah |
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Posts: 31 09/03/08 21:12:09 |
ModelMaker brand of a 'micro-mesh' finishing kit. It's this same kit that you can order from Micro-Mark if you don't find it at a local hobby
shop. Here's the link to Micro-Mark for the polishing kit.
http://www.ares-server.co...Type=Product&ID=80939 |
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BruceBishopUtah |
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Posts: 31 09/03/08 21:17:21 |
If you only need to paint the stripe over the bat-ray/turn signals, there's really nothing to doing it by hand. Especially since the little bottle is
acrylic/water based and you can wash it off if you make a mistake. If you want to redo the whole car, masking could give you a nice edge if you painted by
hand.
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RightHandDrive.1966batvehicles |
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Posts: 44 09/04/08 15:26:48 |
I live in a little country town in Australia and my local hobby shop only has Humbrol paints. Anyone found one of theirs that's a close match?
Alternately, if anybody has a pot of chevy engine red they no longer need (how much do you use for the batray anyway?) I'd be prepared to pay for postage. Anyone else on here from Oz? Thanks |
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radioscooter |
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Posts: 237 09/05/08 06:46:02 |
1. We'll be selling red/orange touch up paint that will match very soon on the products page. It will be our own blend.
2. We have about 6 Ozzies as far as I know on the board. Check out our cool map on the main page. And hey, welcome to the board!
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BruceBishopUtah |
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Posts: 31 09/05/08 20:35:02 |
What map? I obviously didn't look very carefully, because I couldn't find the map on the main page. Is it a map of the members' locations?
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radioscooter |
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Posts: 237 09/05/08 22:31:47 |
Yeah it's at the bottom of the main page of this message board.
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BruceBishopUtah |
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Posts: 31 09/05/08 22:49:29 |
Thanks! I was looking at the PMB main page, not the message board main page.
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