Posted by PJ on August 30, 1999 at 15:33:44 in 24.30.150.74:
In Reply to: Federal Standard Colors posted by Bob Read on August 30, 1999 at 01:45:01:
: Bruce:
: I don't know a whole lot about Federal Standard
: paint colors. I think that they have some sort of a range of colors to which they have assigned FS numbers. You see them in a lot of kits as painting guides. If anyone knows where you can get one of the FS guides let me know. What I was thinking was that it would be interesting if there could be any agreement reached among some of the members of the group regarding which FS color was closest to "White Star Buff". That could be used as a starting place for the many people who ask
: "What color is White Star Buff?" We could tell them that some of the people who have studied the matter recommend color FS190556 as an example. They could then get paint mixed to that chip or use it as a starting place to modify it if they disagreed about shade nuances. Its an idea.
: Regards,
: Bob Read
For those wanting complete color samples for Federal Standard colors, Federal Standard 595a should be available through the Government Printing Office or Federal Suply Service, General Services Administration. You should be able to find a website for either of the two.
There are a number of chips in the "buff" category that lok to be pretty close to Ken Marschall's work. You should be aware that the same color will have three different numbers for gloss, semi-gloss and "lusterless" (flat).
The first digit of the color will be a "1" for gloss, "2" for semi-gloss, and "3" for flat. The last three digits determine the hue.
Candidates for "White Star Buff" appear to be in Table V, "predominantly Yellows" and include 13594, 13613 and 13695. 13613 has the most "peach" and 13695 has the least. 13594 appears to have the best balance between the two. Of course, as everything else, the applied paint, and even the color chips themselves fade over time, so no one really knows if the samples will match Titanic at any particular time. But they should provide a means to describe the color, anyway.
A partial set of samples is available in the Testors 1999 catalog that show FS numbers with color chips for Model Master enamels and Acrylic enamels. The catalog lists for $5.00 and I got mine at a discount hobby shop for $3.00.
PJ
: : Bruce