shado mobile - correct colour?

xv 104 pilot · 01-04-2008, 01:21 AM

hi to everyone. can anyone please tell me the correct halfords car paint to use on a studio scale shado mobile kit that i have just won on ebay. i won it from paul gray,bless him,and i would like to finish it off in the correct shade of paint. i have read somewhere that it could be ford artic blue, or is there a better shade? very grateful for any help with this. also has anyone ever built or even heard of an 16"" resin moonbase interceptor kit by a company called mystery models. i also won this on ebay recently and wanted to know if the kit is acurate or are there problems in store for the unwary. do jbot decals do a decal sheet for large scale interceptor kits or any one else. thanks for any help.:

**Bishop** · 01-04-2008, 09:07 AM

Congrats on the wins. Welcome to the forum BTW if you haven't been already.

**Mark42** · 01-04-2008, 08:39 PM

Sorry but there isn't a 'correct' colour readily available - and we would probably argue over any mixed paint as well! As there is no known original model in existence then it's just guess work.
Like most things its a case of picking one that you are comfortable with.

xv 104 pilot · 08-04-2008, 02:25 PM

many thanks to mark 42 for his help. if he doesn`t know the exact colour then what chance have the rest of us!

i`ll go for navy blue and take a chance

steve

Lunar Module 01 · 23-10-2011, 06:14 PM

If you we're to restore a Dinky Shado Mobile in it's Dinky colours whats the best green to go for or what combo would make a good green?
Cheers

badsimmonds · 24-06-2012, 05:16 PM

Hi there

Have you tried Halfords FORD GLACIER BLUE
It's a silvery blue and was recommended to me by someone who builds quite a few of them.

**rockwellcm** · 24-06-2012, 06:25 PM

Big rab has some info on his build site /thread

Mark mentions how he got his match up on his excellent site too

SteveDix · 24-06-2012, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark42

Sorry but there isn't a 'correct' colour readily available - and we would probably argue over any mixed paint as well! As there is no known original model in existence then it's just guess work.
Like most things its a case of picking one that you are comfortable with.

There's no original Mobiles in existence?! (Lip begins to tremble)

**Big Rab** · 25-06-2012, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockwellcm

Big rab has some info on his build site /thread

Mark mentions how he got his match up on his excellent site too

"They" say that the correct colour was Ford Arctic Blue but I found this information in a paint shop (when I was looking for something else).

Hosted on Fotki

The photo was taken on my phone but these two colours are very close in real life.

However, I had already painted mine Nissan Metalic Blue or was it Toyota metalic blue? cant remember at this point, I will have to dig out the can

Hosted on Fotki

01-04-2008, 01:21 AM	#1
xv 104 pilot Hydroponics Technician Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: RHYL. NORTH WALES Posts: 45	shado mobile - correct colour? hi to everyone. can anyone please tell me the correct halfords car paint to use on a studio scale shado mobile kit that i have just won on ebay. i won it from paul gray,bless him,and i would like to finish it off in the correct shade of paint. i have read somewhere that it could be ford artic blue, or is there a better shade? very grateful for any help with this. also has anyone ever built or even heard of an 16"" resin moonbase interceptor kit by a company called mystery models. i also won this on ebay recently and wanted to know if the kit is acurate or are there problems in store for the unwary. do jbot decals do a decal sheet for large scale interceptor kits or any one else. thanks for any help.:

01-04-2008, 09:07 AM	#2
Bishop Chief Science Officer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 11,796	Congrats on the wins. Welcome to the forum BTW if you haven't been already. __________________ "I saw Avatar last weekend, it was so awesome, I wish the whole world was in 3D"

01-04-2008, 08:39 PM	#3
Mark42 Chief Eagle Pilot Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nottingham, England Posts: 1,106	Sorry but there isn't a 'correct' colour readily available - and we would probably argue over any mixed paint as well! As there is no known original model in existence then it's just guess work. Like most things its a case of picking one that you are comfortable with. __________________ Its 6000 tons of a ceramic crystalline form of corundum aluminium oxide!

08-04-2008, 02:25 PM	#4
xv 104 pilot Hydroponics Technician Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: RHYL. NORTH WALES Posts: 45	shado mobile -correct colour? many thanks to mark 42 for his help. if he doesn`t know the exact colour then what chance have the rest of us! i`ll go for navy blue and take a chance steve

24-06-2012, 05:16 PM	#6
badsimmonds Travel Tube Technician Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ware, Hertfordshire Posts: 59	Shado Mobile colour? Hi there Have you tried Halfords FORD GLACIER BLUE It's a silvery blue and was recommended to me by someone who builds quite a few of them.

23-10-2011, 06:14 PM	#5
Lunar Module 01 Alphan Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1	If you we're to restore a Dinky Shado Mobile in it's Dinky colours whats the best green to go for or what combo would make a good green? Cheers

24-06-2012, 06:25 PM	#7
rockwellcm Communications Officer Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dundee,Scotland Posts: 1,079	Big rab has some info on his build site /thread Mark mentions how he got his match up on his excellent site too

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