Which Is The Correct Blue To Paint On: STEARMAN PT-17 ?

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Painting and airbrushing
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Hi Guys

I’m new to Model Building and having a heck of a time finding the right

color BLUE 2 paint the fuselage on my newly

bought STEARMAN PT-17 [bnghead]

Question(s) Please:

1- What’s the best color BLUE 2 use?

2- What brand paint company?

Thanks

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How are you planning to paint it?

spray can?

brush?

airbrush?

If going the spraycan route, Testor’s bright blue would be a close enough match.

Airbrush, I would probably go with Tamiya light blue (acrylic) or Model Master gloss light bright blue enamel.

handbrushing, I would suggest Model Master gloss light bright blue enamel.

Those may not be exact, but often “exact” doesn’t look correct in the model world anyway, and I believe these would certainly get you close enuff.

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Gloss blue according to my Stearman instruction guide.

However, I came across this interesting topic from britmodeller website:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235012211-light-blue-23-on-pt-17-stearman/

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Hi Schooner - I posted this in General Modeling as well, but I used Model Master True Blue FS15102 and Chrome Yellow FS13538 on a couple of Stearmans recently and that looked about right to my eye. Whatever you choose good luck and post pics!