Correct tank color for Azure Blue?

[sweden]

This is when forums are as best.
Just when you think you know everything, suddenly you get new information.
The whole life is a long lesson.

Now we only want to get a correct color code on this new gray color.

How many have now wrong black painted fueltanks?
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Me and my sons cars Typ1 -49 -50 -51 -52 -52 -53 -53 -54 -55 -55 -56 -56 -57 -58 cab -64 cab
T3 TriStar airride with Audi 1,8T engine and Porsche 996 gearbox.

[nlorntson]

I'll repeat the original question:

What is the correct tank color for an Azure blue May 1952 split window?

[sled]

dark grey/black
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[sweden]

Japp today i say same, dark grey.
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Me and my sons cars Typ1 -49 -50 -51 -52 -52 -53 -53 -54 -55 -55 -56 -56 -57 -58 cab -64 cab
T3 TriStar airride with Audi 1,8T engine and Porsche 996 gearbox.

[nlorntson]

Anyone have the right RAL color code for this dark gray?

[sweden]

Have the toolbox same grey color?

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Me and my sons cars Typ1 -49 -50 -51 -52 -52 -53 -53 -54 -55 -55 -56 -56 -57 -58 cab -64 cab
T3 TriStar airride with Audi 1,8T engine and Porsche 996 gearbox.

[einsperren]

HI, My black car has a black tank.

[virtanen]

I have seen a split fuel tank painted over by well matted "Wehrmacht Schwarzgrau", and it looks very good. I don't know the RAL code.
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[virtanen]

RAL 7019 or 7021?
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Mika
Split beetle restoration panels
Oval beetle restoration panels
New projects

[sweden]

I repainted 5 pre 55 fueltanks last week.
And to get the right colour i tok my very untuched fueltank from my oval march 1953 and vent to my friend that is carpainter.

He have the latest model of color camera, soo we cleaned one untuched spot under the fueltank.
And he get an match that was one of the best result he ever had with the camera.
Then he put the camera in his computer and after 30 second it found an match.
Here you see the different against the black color.
The fueltank colour is blue/grey.

My camera was broken a week before soo i have only few bad pictures.

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Me and my sons cars Typ1 -49 -50 -51 -52 -52 -53 -53 -54 -55 -55 -56 -56 -57 -58 cab -64 cab
T3 TriStar airride with Audi 1,8T engine and Porsche 996 gearbox.

[sweden]

When i brought the fueltank to him he immediately said that it is a RAL color.
But the problem with RAL colors, like all other colors, all manufacturers have shade differences.
And it´s different if you choose a water based or solution-based paint.
So you can´t just go on a color code or RAL color and think it will be exactly the same from different color manufacters.
He worked with Dupont or as the new brandname is Cromax.

Here is one repainted tank beside the original untuched tank.
Only half of the original tank is washed and polisched.

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Me and my sons cars Typ1 -49 -50 -51 -52 -52 -53 -53 -54 -55 -55 -56 -56 -57 -58 cab -64 cab
T3 TriStar airride with Audi 1,8T engine and Porsche 996 gearbox.

[esde]

I have a new tank from CIP1 and picked up some RAL 7021. Maybe a touch light, will see how it looks when it's fully dried. I also dosed it with some flattening agent, so hopefully it won't dry so glossy.

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