Allright, heres a shot in the dark....I need paint for this color BVM Bobcat composite, I need a pint of each and BVM only sells in ounces, that would be 160.00 for a pint of paint!!!!! Anybody go through this before or know what the paint codes are??? I need the Orange, Gray, and White... Or any tyype of help would be appreciated..

KFX450,

BVM, uses all of the PPG DCU paints so that they don't have to use any clear. It makes life alot easier to make repairs to the plane if you ever have to repair anything. The paint is expensive but is very durable and easy to apply. I just went and bought a quart of white and that alone was $80.00 bucks. I would just order a bottle of each and then spay out a sample of it and take it to your local automotive paint store and see how much they would charge to mix up a pint of each color. Don't forget you will also have to buy the hardener for the paint to do that.

KX

If you already have the plane, take a wing or someother part to a PPG dealer, get them to scan each color and they can get the formula from that, then they can mix the paint.

Thanks Guys..I have a PPG dealer down the road..I ordered the 1 oz bottles from BVM and then Im gonna bring them to the paint shop, I'm sure they can get it close enough to not show any difference..I'll post some pics and codes when its done for anyone elses reference..Thanks Guys..

I bought the bvm paint and it wasn't close to thecolor on my bandit. I had ppg put the camera on my stab and the colors are very close.

Well thats not reassuring, I just ordered the paint from BVM to get it matched up..We'll see how it goes..

Trying to match what you have is not easy. I found that the sun fades the existing model. I had good luck with the paint store reading my wing and making me a rattle can of base that I cleared. Using the BVM paint try not to put the new color next to the old color and you will not see the sun fade difference.
Good Luck Dan Avilla BVM Rep

Hmmmm? It sounds like there's another jet in the Danville hangar

Erik, you holding out on us??

hahaha..Hey Mike..I couldnt help myself..I got great deal on something I couldnt pass up...

Usually a PPG dealer will color match in quantities of a quarter or more (unfortunately).
You also may want to try PPG Omni single stage. It is pretty glossy and very easy to use. You can always buff it out if you want more shine.

Hint: radio south r/c custom matches your colors in very small quantities. I always buy from them., specially clears (in order not to waste, which I always do when I buy full quarts!)

I can tell this is the start of a problem....Jeff told me I would have 2 before next year at the end of Plumb Island...I told myself nahhhh, ones good for now. He was right, I'm becoming an addict

Thank you Falconwings, and of course everyone else..I will google that place and give them a buzz in the morning...

I have had good luck matching with the one oz BVM paints. You can adjust the color minimally by thinning. If you have the room in the area you need to work on shoot your airbrush toward the good area, not away from it. This is usually not a problem with wingtips. Also if you can use existing demarcations such as a hinge line or panel line. Let it cure well then wet color sand with 800->1200->1500->2000 and then rub out and buff. If your lucky it will be almost unnoticable. Scotty

Eric,

There is an autobody shop down in Salem that will scan the aircraft color and then mix the color using their computer control paint mixer and the put it in a spray can for you. It is $25 a can but Brian got a perfect match for his F-15 wing repair. Contact Brian for the name of the place.

Bob