Aero Blue question, discontinued Pactra Scale Flat line

CaptBillD · Post by **CaptBillD** » Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:57 am

Anyone remember if Pactra Aero Blue was just a flat Sky/Lt. Blue, or more of an RLM hue (65, 76, 78)?

SpaceRanger1 · Post by **SpaceRanger1** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:07 pm

I found several on-line references to the color listing it as FS 35156, but to the best of my knowledge (and further research) there has never been such a color in FS595A/B/C. As I recall it, it was a light blue similar to the WW II Luftwaffe underside color.

CaptBillD · Post by **CaptBillD** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:07 pm

So RLM 65 is probably close enough- thanks!

MGagen · Post by **MGagen** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:06 pm

It is a close match for the color of the original Enterprise "eleven-footer" studio model. It is a slightly greenish gray.

DeltaVee · Post by **DeltaVee** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:17 pm

I sprayed an AMT 18" Enterprise Pactra aero blue at least 4 decades ago, and, while it was better than bare plastic and better than white, it was very much blue.

CaptBillD · Post by **CaptBillD** » Fri May 06, 2016 8:46 pm

DeltaVee wrote:I sprayed an AMT 18" Enterprise Pactra aero blue at least 4 decades ago, and, while it was better than bare plastic and better than white, it was very much blue.

Which, for an out-of-box AMT vintage look, sounds just about right. Thx!