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From: "Larry & Susan Westin"
To: "bkahl"
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Stinson colors
> Bill,
>
> Attached are two image files, red.jpg and green.jpg. I scanned these
> from the Pacific Airmotive catalog 700 (very late 1940's). These images
> have a Stinson Red and Stinson Green respectively, and are chips from
> the Sherwin-Williams company.
>
> From the catalog the following numbers are shown:
>
> Stinson Red Dope 72022
> Stinson Red Lacquer 72037
> Stinson Red Enamel 74012
>
> Stinson Green Dope 72010
> Stinson Green Lacquer 72044
> Stinson Green Enamel 74028
>
> I don't have any mix instructions for these colors, just the chips as
> scanned and the Sherwin-Williams Aircraft Finishes numbers.
>
> Hope that is of some help. If you find more color information please
> let me know. I'd like to add to the Homepage what I can.
>
> I also have an Air Associates catalog 18 with paint chips, these are
> Berryloid Brothers, Detroit, Michigan. The color for Stinson Green
> looks identical to my eye, the Berryloid "Berry Red" looks very similar
> to what Pacific Airmotive calls Stinson Red. In fact the
> Sherwin-Williams chips indicate Berry Red is the same as Stinson Red.
> No numbers are included with the paint chips in the Air Associates
catalog.
>
> Good Luck.
>
> Larry Westin
> --
> My Quote - "May I Always treat All others with Dignity and Respect"
> Larry and Susan Westin
> e-mail westin@tdstelme.net
> Homepage http://personalpages.tdstelme.net/~westin
> (Stinson 108 & USAF 553rd "Batcat" featured)
>
>
> bkahl wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a Fairchild 24R that I am restoring. Some of the original
color options include Stinson Red and Stinson Green colors. Could you tell
me what Stinson restorers do when they use these colors? The only stock
Stinson color that I can find is Stinson Maroon. Is there a recipe for
mixing stock colors to get the Red and Green? Any information you could
provide along these lines would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bill Kahl
> > N77657
> >
>
>
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