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  • mog
    SMF Supporters
    • Mar 2020
    • 139

    #1

    Guardsmen's Blue Paint

    Folks I'm looking for Guardsmen's Blue Paint/ Cobra Blue any Ideas on who comes close to this shade ?? I know Zero paints have it but the shipping is more than the paint, any ideas or thoughts would be a great help
    Mike
  • Gary MacKenzie
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    • Apr 2018
    • 1057
    • Gary
    • Forres , Moray , Scotland

    #2
    Another forum with a few possible answers.
    the Tamiya paint then add metallic silver may be the easiest

    Does anyone make a rattle can paint close to Ford Guardsmen Blue, or Ford Cobra Blue as some know it. Thanks in advance.


    On my work bench these days, I have a couple of Cobras and a GT350. The intended color is Ford 1964 Guardsman Blue, as used by Shelby for the stripes on the white GT350s and the main body color on the 427 Cobras. Been shopping for paint, and searching the model forums for suggestions as to which ...


    Hey guys, I'm just started to build 2 shelby cobra 427, 1/16(mpc) and 1/24 (fujimi) For now, i painted the body, gravity colors guardsman blue for the 1/16 and tamiya ts19 metallic blue for the 1/24, later i will paint white stripes on both of them. One question, why to the 1/16 doesn't have the ...

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    • mog
      SMF Supporters
      • Mar 2020
      • 139

      #3
      believe your right here mixing 9 to 1 ratio should work again thanks

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      • Dave Ward
        SMF Supporters
        • Apr 2018
        • 10549

        #4
        It depends, of course which part of the world yo live in! - a clue on your profile would help!
        1 off : 60ml of colour matched paint, . This has been pre-thinned ready for Airbrushing. For further information on using Zero Colour...

        Dave

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        • mog
          SMF Supporters
          • Mar 2020
          • 139

          #5
          Ya Dave looked at Hiroboy there shipping was more than the cost of product , and I Live in the UK , they seem to have a policy that paint can not be delivered by RM , I have all kinds of paint delivered by the RM, so not sure what they got going on, But thanks for the advise

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          • stillp
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            • Nov 2016
            • 8091
            • Pete
            • Rugby

            #6
            Could use a rattle can: https://www.google.com/search?q=ford...hrome&ie=UTF-8

            Halfords don't seem to list it but a motor factor might be able to get it for you.
            Pete

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            • Tim Marlow
              SMF Supporters
              • Apr 2018
              • 18901
              • Tim
              • Somerset UK

              #7
              Mike, some classes of goods are actually not allowed, by law, into the postal stream. They cannot, therefore, be delivered by RM. The vendor has to use a trained courier. Paint using a flammable solvent, such as hiroboy lacquer, is one of those items.

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              • mog
                SMF Supporters
                • Mar 2020
                • 139

                #8
                Originally posted by Tim Marlow
                Mike, some classes of goods are actually not allowed, by law, into the postal stream. They cannot, therefore, be delivered by RM. The vendor has to use a trained courier. Paint using a flammable solvent, such as hiroboy lacquer, is one of those items.
                Makes since I should have thought the flammable solvent, most paints I use are not Thanks

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                • Ian M
                  Administrator
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 18266
                  • Ian
                  • Falster, Denmark

                  #9
                  Originally posted by mog
                  Folks I'm looking for Guardsmen's Blue Paint/ Cobra Blue any Ideas on who comes close to this shade ?? I know Zero paints have it but the shipping is more than the paint, any ideas or thoughts would be a great help
                  Mike
                  How much would the delivery to Manchester cost, just wondering. Couldn't it pay off to just order more in one go?
                  Group builds

                  Bismarck

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                  • Tim Marlow
                    SMF Supporters
                    • Apr 2018
                    • 18901
                    • Tim
                    • Somerset UK

                    #10
                    Worth checking, but if you do go down the Zero paints route, I seem to remember that Zero colours are not a gloss paint, and require a gloss varnish finishing coat. That would be two bottles in the order. As an aside, I’ve found the zero gloss varnish superb when I’ve used it.

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