Aero Blue question, discontinued Pactra Scale Flat line

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CaptBillD
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Aero Blue question, discontinued Pactra Scale Flat line

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Anyone remember if Pactra Aero Blue was just a flat Sky/Lt. Blue, or more of an RLM hue (65, 76, 78)?
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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.
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So RLM 65 is probably close enough- thanks!
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It is a close match for the color of the original Enterprise "eleven-footer" studio model. It is a slightly greenish gray.
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Post by DeltaVee »

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.
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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!
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