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Paint matching questions..

Fri Aug 14, 2015 11:44 am

I have several colors of paint on the Fairchild that I want to match as close as possible.

1st color is listed as Flat Bronze Green #9, Color Card Suppliment, US Army Spec. 3-1.

2nd is Flat Bronze Green Army Navy Aeronautical Specification AN-E-3

3rd is Black Enamel Army Air Forces Spec 14109-B

4th is Zinc Chromate Army Navy Aeronautical Specification AN-TT-P-656a

lastly, Clear Bakelite sealer Army Navy Aeronautical Specification AN-S-17

I haven't been able to find the specs anywhere, so I am down to matching via a spectrophotometer at a paint shop. I've got some decent samples of #'s 1 and 4 that I can take down to the store. Anyone have experience with matching in this method? Any suggestion on who to use? I will be using both enamels and waterborne epoxies.

Re: Paint matching questions..

Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:00 pm

What type of Fairchild do you have?
looking to paint on metal or fabric or both?

PT-19/23/26
C-119
C-123
UC-61 / F24

Jim C

Re: Paint matching questions..

Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:35 pm

Jim: I am the ultimate oddball in the Fairchild Club....None of the listed models....I'm restoring the only AT-21 still in existence.
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