bentwings

We would like some help finding a nice flat Olive Drab paint. We have a Welle paint store near us that mixes our paint but they are reluctant to mix up an OD color with a flattener in rattle cans.

Prefer a PPG automotive color. We have searched the paint charts but there really are not a lot of good OD colors. There are a few gloss but they really don't look right.

This is to paint our Ziroli 118" B-25.

anybody have a paint code or know of a select color.???

Dash7ATP

If you are trying to go cheap, I can't help you. However, if you want a good two part epoxy, try Klass Kote.. In my humble opinion, this paint is as good as our old K&B Poxy used to be. It's a 50/50 mix and comes in a lot of colors. They can even custom mix if neccessary. You can get a satin hardener, and they also sell a flatener you can add to dull the finish even more. I used it on my P-47's anti-glare nose and it looks great. It also has very good coverage.

I think you'll like it.

Dash

All Day Dan

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bentwings, save your money. You could be swimming in gallons of household paints if you use what's in your local paint store compared to the price of hobby paints. Even the thinners and cleaners are enormously cheaper. You'll get a finish that is good enough for anybody and have a selection of colors that's infinite and readily available. Here are a couple of planes I used Benjamin Moore paints on. You can get the FS number for the OD from somewhere on the net or just mix your own. Dan

All Day Dan

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Bent, olive drab is fs34088. Dan.
http://www.njipms.org/Technique/USAAC_Paint.htm

91zulu

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OR, go to the hobby shop and get the smallest jar of the shade OD you are looking for and take it to the paint store. They will take a sample and mix for you. That is what I had to do to get RLM76. Even though there are a bunch of color code charts on line , when I took it to Home Depot they said the numbers they could not match in their system. It may be the same problem with the paint store you are going to use. So the best thing is to get a sample from the Hobby shop that you think look close to what you want and take it to the paint shop. For some reason those paint codes don`t match every where and the person at the counter may look at all the internet info you have and say no can do. All the code numbers might as well be in Chinese. That is why I was trying to get guys that mix warbirds colors at Home Depot and auto paint store to list the codes on RCU so that others can go to it and get codes that could be used at the local hardware or auto store. Maybe one day. Especially OD which is used a lot. There should be a HD code for that by now.

hellcat56

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Take the FS number to Home Depot that is all you need no paint chips
They will mix the paint for you

one quart is about $10

but you only have enough paint for about 23 airplanes
Love the latex paint I shoot nothining but latex now

Veltro

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Klass Kote. Beautiful product to work with, and they have the correct OD.

Greg Wright

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Bentwings,

If you are really into building and painting warbirds you can go to www.fed-specs.com and order up a color paint chip fan deck and then all you would need to do is take that into your local PPG paint store and have them scan the chip for an exact mixing code. They also sell individual color chips which is what i have ordered before to get the correct color. I have a can of olive drab Omni brand paint which is a cheaper brand of PPG but couldn't read the number off of it.

bentwings

Hey everyone thanks for all the info!!!

I was not aware that there was a real number that could be used. Can't wait to take this to the paint store.

Actually I would like to try the house paint. Apparently this is quite fuel proof....ie gas and oil proof or resistant.
Back about 15 years ago I paint our Z-P-51 by takeing a sample of Testors model pain ttothe autor paint store.
This was do in Acrylic enamel with a hardener. I really don't like working with that stuff any more

Anyway thanks for all the information.!!1

MarvinLoomis

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You'll love the latex, sprays great with windshield washer solvent for thinner. Did my Ziroli B-25 with it!

91zulu

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The FS numbers do not match up to the system that Home Depot use. At least here in New Jersey the numbers don`t. Maybe in some other states. I took the FS color chart with numbers to Home Depot and they could not do it. Has anyone taken the FS numbers to Home Depot and had paint mixed?

Ram-bro

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I have taken Model Masters paint to Home Depot and had them match the paint that way. Olive drab is such a diverse color depending on which theatre you were flying in, what colors were available and how worn, old battle tested the plane was . New OD verse worn OD. Getting close and weathering is the secret.

All Day Dan

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Zulu, I don't use Home Depot for my paints. Try a local paint store that caters to the professionals. They usually have the fs charts or they will computer match a sample that you bring in. I know that the paints that the plastic modellers use are identified with fs numbers. You can paint a white 3 by 5 card with the one you want and get it scanned in. The stores that are set up for the homeowners don't have the capabilty to do much with fs numbers. Dan.

91zulu

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Ok so the pro shops has the FS chart codes. Ok so now I know where to take my charts. I knew the auto shops could match the charts but I do not use auto paints, cant take that smell they give off. But next time I try BM, there is one not too far from whee I am.

BobH

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You have FS 34087 and FS 34079. Both are OD paint. The first one is greener and the second is browner. The way the FS paints are ordered the numbers each mean a different think. The first number is the gloss and then the color family. Then the specific color. If memory serves me.

Truth is during WWII Mfg's were given the color code that the Army wanted. It was up to each Mfg to match that color. As you can imagine such was not always the case. It was probably rare that two different Mfgs even had the same colors.

Bare in mind that many planes were repainted in field depots, farther adding to the color confusion.