825 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 (edited) Does anyone know of a good match of a Halfords spray for Light Aircraft Grey? As my Sea Devon is pretty much white on top and LAG almost everywhere else, I wondered if a rattle can would do the business. I plan to use Halfords Appliance White for the upper works. Edited November 4, 2016 by 825 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Bunker Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 According to a previous thread, Halfords Racking Grey is a good match for BS381c283 Light Aircraft Gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 There is a supplier in Bedford who can supply sprays to BS381 standards. Search "Refinish Paints 4U". Not sure what he charges or if he can post, but give him a tug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Thanks Gents 55 minutes ago, stever219 said: There is a supplier in Bedford who can supply sprays to BS381 standards. Search "Refinish Paints 4U". Not sure what he charges or if he can post, but give him a tug. 2 hours ago, Nigel Bunker said: According to a previous thread, Halfords Racking Grey is a good match for BS381c283 Light Aircraft Gray. Thanks Gents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 On 03/11/2016 at 11:23 PM, 825 said: Does anyone know of a good match of a Halfords spray for Light Aircraft Grey? As my Sea Devon is pretty much white on top and LAG almost everywhere else, I wondered if a rattle can would do the business. I plan to use Halfords Appliance White for the upper works. Hi I've used Halfords Racking Grey on my Ethiopian B.52 it's very nice paint and a good light grey, is it a match for Light Aircraft Grey? I'd say not, I think it's a bit on the light side to be a match, but it does look ok on the model and I will use it again as a LAG substitute, If you can afford it Halfords do a colour mach service where they can mix a paint to mach any colour in some huge books, I found a Tata India car colour that was spot on for PRU blue! I think they can also match to a BS number so if you take the BS number to them they should match it. It's more costly than a off the shelf paint and a different formula to the standard paint which if you spray directly on to the model it will attack it but if you spray first with Halfords primer it's fine. John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Looks a pretty good match to me! If I was being ultra picky, I think LAG has a very slight tinge of brown in it, but I could be wrong. Lovely Ethiopian Canberra John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I'm about to use some on a Nimrod, with Halfords Khaki for Hemp. Close enough for me. Airframes fade, so who's to argue? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadbear Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 You learn something everyday. Interesting to hear about Halfords racking grey for LAG! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 It doubles for Boeing gray as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Another good Halford's grey is Ford Polar Grey which is a very good medium sea grey John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I use Polar Gray as Barley or Camo Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Beat me to it, I use Ford Polar Grey for Medium Sea Grey too. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I've got some Halfords Ford Dove Grey which I was going to use for LAG on my JP4 when I find time, has anyone else tried that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I did Wez, I found it to be far too brown for me, it looks ok in some light but always has a brown cast. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Ford Dove Grey is better for the USN grey and white scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 4 hours ago, canberra kid said: I did Wez, I found it to be far too brown for me, it looks ok in some light but always has a brown cast. John 4 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Ford Dove Grey is better for the USN grey and white scheme. OK, that's useful to know, at least it won't go to waste. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 3 hours ago, Wez said: OK, that's useful to know, at least it won't go to waste. Wez, I would still be reluctant in using even for USN aircraft, just for the beige cast. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 28 minutes ago, canberra kid said: Wez, I would still be reluctant in using even for USN aircraft, just for the beige cast. John Ok John, I'll bear that in mind thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 On 05/11/2016 at 16:02, canberra kid said: Hi I've used Halfords Racking Grey on my Ethiopian B.52 it's very nice paint and a good light grey, is it a match for Light Aircraft Grey? I'd say not, I think it's a bit on the light side to be a match, but it does look ok on the model and I will use it again as a LAG substitute, If you can afford it Halfords do a colour mach service where they can mix a paint to mach any colour in some huge books, I found a Tata India car colour that was spot on for PRU blue! I think they can also match to a BS number so if you take the BS number to them they should match it. It's more costly than a off the shelf paint and a different formula to the standard paint which if you spray directly on to the model it will attack it but if you spray first with Halfords primer it's fine. John I suppose you mean Tata Grey, we use it on civillian Mahindra jeeps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberra kid Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 40 minutes ago, Vaastav said: I suppose you mean Tata Grey, we use it on civillian Mahindra jeeps I can't remember the name, but it us very close to PRU blue. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Yes indeed it is It's called Tata Grey, because Tata 1210D trucks used to originally be painted in that colour. Its a sort of bluish grey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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