acboother
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Post by acboother on Dec 23, 2015 11:32:41 GMT -5
Anyone point me towards a spray can of the green used on Aston Martins? I think it is called Almond Green. A close match will do, thank you.
Alan
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Post by Chris Wright on Dec 23, 2015 12:45:21 GMT -5
Anyone point me towards a spray can of the green used on Aston Martins? I think it is called Almond Green. A close match will do, thank you. Alan Hi Alan, I hope this helps, it's been a much studied topic, Graham Poulton is the expert on this, you can find him on Facebook. No model company makes a colour that matches Aston Martin Almond Green. You'll have to go with automotive paints that are available in spray cans. This subject has been studied for the last twenty years or so and this colour thing continues to rumble on. The fact is that they used whatever was on the shelf at the time. All early DB2s were painted Cadillac Green. For that use BRG, nobody will know the difference. The DB3, DB3s and DBR1s were "painted" Almond Green Metallic. Now this really is where it get complicated as in fact they were not painted at all. Or at least in the true sense of the word. They were "painted" with varnish with a green pigment. The guess is that the metallic effect was in fact the aluminium showing through the varnish, but it's just a guess. All modern images of the DBR1 show an incorrect colour. I believe the colour they used on "restored" cars was/is Project Green. However a very simple solution to the Almond green problem is to use Ford Forest Green gravitycolors.com/us/product/aston-martin-almond-green/forums.autosport.com/topic/136791-cretins/page-2www.mcwautomotivefinishes.com/paint/racelist.htmlwww.slotcarillustrated.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=50412Or you could try this, Tamiya TS Metalic Forest Green, not available in the US, but it is in Canada. www.advancehobbies.com/acc_paints-ts.htmlGood luck, ....Chris
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acboother
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Post by acboother on Dec 23, 2015 13:21:57 GMT -5
Ah, this seems it is a holy grail type of thing then
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Post by Chris Wright on Dec 23, 2015 13:38:01 GMT -5
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acboother
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Post by acboother on Jan 4, 2016 8:00:06 GMT -5
Went with Halfords Ford Forest Green as used elsewhere. A little dark maybe but it is a very nice colour so I'm happy.
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Post by guest on Nov 24, 2017 14:53:24 GMT -5
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