Modelers, I bought a bottle today of Guards Red and then found that it has no FS number. Isn’t this the color that the USAF used in the 50’s as arctic red? I was thinking that Insignia red was too dark.
Guards red is from the auto line(the reason no FS#). It might match the arctic red. Paint used in the artic would fade badly from the light reflecting off the snow. The original shade could be closer to insignia but photographs would be lighter shades from fading.