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Old 02-12-2005, 04:34 AM
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Originally posted by computerworks
(minor hijack.... Brooksie... remember that you promised that Slasher would tell us the "brew" for your Guardsman... )
I found this for you, Ron.
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Originally posted by BROOKLANDSSPEED
we use ici .........glasuirit .........sikkens ......base coat laquer , system .for a period look , whatever mettallic content in "the mix" must be very fine and non pearlescent ....because the cellulose material in the good ole days had that "im trying to be a mettallic " type look , the other end of the scale was of course metalflake .......i will foward you the sikkens formula for guardsman blue , but im sure there are enough cars there to referance from ........our colours arnt gospel ........they are merely as close as we can acheive to the AC period archived chips we have , combined with modern day materials .......
...hi , weve looked at the US colours try GMA87.27[D] This gives you a modern version to start with , we end up having to tint it up .. but for a mix at least you can get the paint to match later ..... aston martin salisbury blue is close ...
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