Just remembered this process this morning thanks to my ever present wife. It's transparent (Basically a cheap version of candy apple) and can be built up in coats until the desired shade is achieved. It's used primarily for anodizing chrome that wasn't anodized. Tom, an easy way I found and used on the last HT car I did was, a gold base, then Duplicolor 'Metalcast' red. In the 3 photos posted by BW, the lower right image confirms that Hawaiian Tropic Red was darker that the Ford Poppy Red used on A.J.'s car next to it. I was wondering, like someone further up this post about Tamiya mica red. You've helped! I don't really want to experiment with candy if I dont have to. it's only a model.' 'Details man, I need details!!' All I know for sure was it didn't look up close like it would show up well on the track but it really did. I remember them as being a medium metallic red. NOT ONE matched another in tone, shade or gloss!! With that said, the two that did match in color were the NASCAR show cars, the Monte and Laguna. Some were street cars, one was film used and a couple times the actual stock cars were there. All were Chevy's ranging from 1973 to '77. At any given time you could see more than one show car on display out front. North of Daytona on the outskirts was Hawaiian Tropic's corporate offices. What would one use for a base color under candy apple red?Īs for the red on the Hawaiian Tropic car, In my wayward youth I lived in South Daytona for a while. Whether ambient or artificial light, or sunny or overcast, it too could look like entirely different colors in various pics. That's kind of the same effect I've seen with the red #25 Folgers cars. 'It's one of those color shifty colors that Ford had in those days, it's much lighter in the sun than in the shade.'

I've never used it so I don't know what it looks like in real life. I'll have to do some testing with it as well.Īny thoughts on Tamiya TS-39 Mica Red? Looking at photos of models painted with it on my computer, it looks like another possibility for the car.

I thought Candy Apple Red was a possibility. I'll to try it on some spoons with Tamiya Fine White and Fine Gray primer. Thanks Tom! I forgot about Testor's Flame Red. Here is a Mustang model I painted with MCW Candyapple Red about 15 years ago: It's one of those color shifty colors that Ford had in those days, it's much lighter in the sun than in the shade. Best spray can match I've found is Testors Model Master Lacquer Flame Red. The actual color, according to the person who painted them, is Ford Candyapple Red. I welcome someone to come into my house and tell me it's not the right color. Every picture from that era makes all the colors look slightly different. Yes, I used TS-8 over Tamiya fine gray and was very happy with it. Of course that may have been due to the Talladega heat in August and/or quite possibly the amount of alcohol consumed. It looked like a dark red and at times I thought it was a Dark Metallic Red or even a Candy Apple Red. I saw Donnie drive these cars several times at Talladega. Has anyone tried Tamiya TS-8 Italian Red over Tamiya Fine Gray Primer? This combo looks close to my old eyes. To my eye, it's Floquil Southern Pacific Scarlet Red over grey primer !!! Someone else said colonial red.I bought some.yet to test it. ON DECK/IN THE WORKS: too many started to list.

Thoughts and opinions on what is the best color match for the Hawaiian Tropic Red. I know this has been beat around so many times probably to the point of 'ad nauseam.' I still don't think we ever came to a consensus as to what color red was the best match. Posted: Sun 12:14 pm Post subject: Donnie Allison's Hawaiian Tropic Red Color > Reference Photo's - Paint and Color Matching Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums Forum Index Profile Log in to check your private messages Log inĭonnie Allison's Hawaiian Tropic Red Color Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums :: View topic - Donnie Allison's Hawaiian Tropic Red ColorįAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register

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