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MEC yellow

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MEC yellow
Posted by bandmjim on Friday, October 7, 2005 10:15 AM
Anyone have a match for the yellow used with Microscale decal 87-958 for the MEC diesels. Trying to find a close match for the yellow for a RS3, yellow cab, have seen a couple finished products but the yellow is far from a match. Anyone with ideas or luck on matching. Jim
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Posted by balearic on Friday, October 7, 2005 10:42 AM
Accupaint MEC Harvest Yellow is probably a good match, if you can find any. Pretty sure Central Hobby Supply in Syracuse had some the last time I was there, but that was months ago.

You can also get PollyScale MEC Harvest Yellow. Guess it just depends on whether you prefer acrylics to solvent-based paint, and/or flat or semigloss finishes on your paint. Either way, good luck on your project!
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Posted by jrbarney on Friday, October 7, 2005 11:32 AM
Jim,
Welcome to the MR Forums !
You also might want to try the mix of Floquil Reefer Yellow and Reefer Orange suggested in the Bill Havrilla color mixes at the bottom of the JAShaw Web site:
http://www.birch.net/~jashaw/rrdata/floqu3.txt
Hope this helps.
Bob
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Posted by bandmjim on Friday, October 7, 2005 8:30 PM
Thanks Bob, will check the site and make note of the mix and give it a try to check the possible match with the decal. Thanks again. Jim
QUOTE: Originally posted by jrbarney

Jim,
Welcome to the MR Forums !
You also might want to try the mix of Floquil Reefer Yellow and Reefer Orange suggested in the Bill Havrilla color mixes at the bottom of the JAShaw Web site:
http://www.birch.net/~jashaw/rrdata/floqu3.txt
Hope this helps.
Bob
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Posted by jimrice4449 on Saturday, October 8, 2005 1:33 PM
This is a kind of roundabout way to get an answer but MEC Harvest Yellow is supposed to be a dead on match for Santa Fe reefers and the Santa Fe Paint and Lettering guide shows a mix of (Scalecoat) 1 reefer yellow #15 to 4 reefer orange #16

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