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Italian red in 50's


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A really good match for the Rosso Corsa used on the 250GTO is Rover Chilli Red. Real car paint - I use Halfords.

It's even been agreed on Ferrari forums.

I used it it on my 1/8 scratch build - until a buyer wanted the model in silver to match his own car...

 

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I've always understood that Alfa racing red is a darker shade than Ferrari's.

 

Zero do this and they show a couple of race cars of different eras in the listing;

 

https://www.hiroboy.com/Alfa_Romeo_Rosso_Red_Paint_30ml--product--13715.html

 

However, Gravity colors Spain do this bright red that they say is "Solid red color used in the early Alfa Romeo era." 

 

https://gravity-colors.com/model-car-paints/alfa-romeo-rosso-alfetta/

 

Keith

 

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The Gravity paint colour looks good,but for 50's Ferraris I have finally settled on Tamiya spray TS49,literally says bright red. See my 1953 Ferrari 357MM a couple of pages back,I've tried loads of different colours in the past! Chris.

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On 12/11/2020 at 21:14, roymattblack said:

A really good match for the Rosso Corsa used on the 250GTO is Rover Chilli Red. Real car paint - I use Halfords.

It's even been agreed on Ferrari forums.

I used it it on my 1/8 scratch build - until a buyer wanted the model in silver to match his own car...

 

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I am looking for "Rover Chilli Red" in Halfors but can only find "BMW Mini Chilli Red". Is that the one you refer to? thanks

 

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Be aware that the term 'rosso corsa' was generic; of the GTO's which left the factory painted 'red', the actual colour was called Rosso Cina. At that point the cars would have been the same colour. However, a number of these cars, plus others which left the factory in colours other than red, were later re-painted 'rosso corsa', and not necessarily Rosso Cina. A good example is Irvine Laidlaw's GTO, 3527GT, which left the factory in Rosso Cina, but in recent years when compared to a confirmed Rosso Cina example parked next to it, was seen to be a much darker shade.

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