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Paint Help Needed Urgently!!!!!

devilman96

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RE: repainting

For you guys that want to get paint mixed locally here is a color break down of FS color codes. You should be able to get these mixed at any industrial or automotive supplier… (that doesn’t include Homies or Lowes)

Federal Standard FS.595a/595B

The example of the FS number could be:

Example “35526”

The first figure can be 1,2 or 3 and indicates the level of sheen:

1 = gloss
2 = semi gloss
3 = matt

Also to semi-gloss or gloss colors - just replace the leading digit with 2 or 1, respectively.

The second figure of FS code indicates a general color classification group -

0 = brown
1 = red
2 = orange
3 = yellow
4 = green
5 = blue
6 = grey
7 = other (white, black, violet, metallic)
8 = fluorescent

The remaining figures (third to fifth) combined into a number indicate the intensity. Lower value indicates a darker color, higher value - a lighter color, with no other significance.

Hence the number above 35526 is Light blue… 34102 would be Forest Green…

Keep in mind that the "name" of these are not a "spec".. They are merly suggestive...

Browns
Colour Name
FS:30040
FS:30045
FS:30049
FS:30051 Leather Brown
FS:30059
FS:30061
FS:36062
FS:30075
FS:30097 Polish Khaki
FS:30099
FS:30100
FS:30108 Red Brown
FS:30109
FS:30111
FS:30117 Earth Red
FS:30118 Earth
FS:30140 Brown Special
FS:30145
FS:30166 Brick Red
FS:30215 Sand Yellow
FS:30218 Tan
FS:30219 Red Brown
FS:30227 Olive Drab
FS:30251
FS:30257 Light Earh
FS:30266 Mid Stone
FS:30277 Light Olive Green
FS:30279 Sand
FS:30313 Purple
FS:30324 Desert Brown
FS:30372 Stone
FS:30400 Tan Special
FS:30450 Hemp

Reds
Colour Name
FS:31105 Red
FS:31136 Insignia Red
FS:31136 Matt Scarlett
FS:31400 Red Orange
FS:31630 Pink
Oranges
Colour Name
FS:32160
FS:32169 Deep Yellow
FS:32197 Int. Orange
FS:32473
FS:32648

Yellows
Colour Name
FS:33070 Olive
FS:33245 Ochre
FS:33303
FS:33434
FS:33440
FS:33446 Sand
FS:33448 Light Stone
FS:33481 Yellow green
FS:33522 Light Tan
FS:33531 Yellow
FS:33538 Chrome Yellow
FS:33531 Matt Pale Stone
FS:33538 Insignia Yellow
FS:33564
FS:33613 Radome Tan
FS:33655 Blue Angels Yellow
FS:33690 Light Tan
FS:33697 Pale Cream
FS:33711 USMC Sand
FS:33717 Linen
FS:33722 Tan
FS:33798 Desert Sand
FS:33814 Pale Yellow?

Greens
Colour Name
FS:34031 US helo drab
FS:34050 Black Green
FS:34052 Marine Corps Green
FS:34056
FS:34058 Bottle Green
FS:34062
FS:34064 Very Dark Drab
FS:34077
FS:34079 Leaf Green
FS:34082
FS:34086 Dark green
FS:34087 Olive Drab
FS:34088 Khaki Drab
FS:34090
FS:34091 Dark green
FS:34092 Extra Dark Sea Green
FS:34094 Bronze Green
FS:34095 Dark Grey Green
FS:34096 Nivo
FS:34097 Field (Marine) Green
FS:34098 Bamboo
FS:34102 Forest Green
FS:34108
FS:34127 Forest Green
FS:34128 Deep Green
FS:34138 Light Green
FS:34151 Interior Green
FS:34159 Light Slate Grey
FS:34172 Dark Sea Green
FS:34187 Willow Green
FS:34201 SAC Tan Brown
FS:34223
FS:34226 Grey Green
FS:34227 Light Green
FS:34230 Flat Green
FS:34233 Greenish Grey 3:2:1
FS:34257
FS:34258 Pale Green
FS:34259
FS:34272
FS:34417
FS:34424 Medium Grey
FS:34554 Beige Green

Blues
Colour Name
FS:35042 Sea blue
FS:35042 Flat sea blue
FS:35044 Insignia blue
FS:35045 Dark blue
FS:35050 Blue Angels blue
FS:35056
FS:35109 Blue
FS:35164 Intermediate Blue
FS:35177 Medium blue
FS:35183 Bright blue
FS:35200
FS:35237 Dk blue/grey
FS:35258
FS:35414 Blue
FS:35450 Air Superiority Blue
FS:35526 Aircraft Blue
FS:35526 Light blue
FS:35622 Israeli Light Blue

Greys
Colour Name
FS:36076 Engine grey
FS:36081 Gunship Dk. grey
FS:36118 Gunship Lt. Grey
FS:36152 Blue-grey
FS:36165 RLM 02
FS:36173 Dark Grey
FS:36176 Dk grey F-15
FS:36231 Dk Gull Grey
FS:36251 Medium grey
FS:36270 Neutral grey
FS:36270 RAF OceanGrey
FS:36293
FS:36300
FS:36307 Light Sea Grey
FS:36314 Flint grey
FS:36320 Dark compass grey
FS:36329 Light sea grey
FS:36357
FS:36373
FS:36375 Light compass grey
FS:36386
FS:36400 Light Stone
FS:36408
FS:36415
FS:36424 Medium grey
FS:36440 Lt Gull Grey
FS:36440
FS:36463
FS:36473 ADC Grey
FS:36473 Light Grey
FS:36492 Light Grey
FS:36493
FS:36495 Light Grey
FS:36496
FS:36515 Canadian Voodoo grey
FS:36521
FS:36555
FS:36559 Surface Grey
FS:36595
FS:36622 Light Grey
FS:36628

Miscellaneous (Blacks, Whites, Metallics)
Colour Name
FS:37030
FS:37031
FS:17038 Gloss Black
FS:27038 Coal Black
FS:37038 Black
FS:37040 Dark Bluish Black
FS:37100 Purple
FS:37178 Chrome Silver
FS:37722
FS:37788
FS:17875 Gloss White
FS:37875 Matt White
FS:37880
FS:37886 White

Fluorescent
Colour Name
FS:38915 Blaze (orangeish red, almost dayglo)
 

jpinst

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RE: repainting

That's pretty much what I planned on doing. That explanation was very helpful with nice photos. Once I get mine painted I will post some pics. Its gonna be a few weeks as I collect and make the supplies.
 

EdMontana

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Re: RE: Paint Help Needed Urgently!!!!!

jpinst said:
update question: Although the Army and the Marines might use slightly different colors on their M35 paint jobs, would the camouflaged pattern be the same?

Thanks
Make sure you take some pics before you start so you can replicate the camo pattern, all M35A3's that I have seeing with original paint job have the exact same pattern and the patterns matches 100% with camo vinyl covers patterns.

If I was going to do it, I would probably scribe where the patterns change colors by the top of the sides and back so you will know where to tape.

Ed
 

GoHot229

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While a poster said that you have fading and that the colors this year wont match last years, even from the same can, well I can believe that, but under the hood on my Duce, the motor does appear to be a color not used on the outside surfaces, It is a different color is'nt it? A darker green.
 

wvhillbilly

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In addition to powerwashing, wipe the important areas down with some type of surface prep to eliminate any silicone, diesel residue, etc. Failure to do so may result in "fisheyes" popping up when you spray. JSH, auto parts store
manager.
 

halftrack

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A little thing I noticed about M35A3s (and just M35A3s) is that the brown that AM General used during the rebuilds is not the same shade brown use on all the other vehicles in the fleet. The brown on M35A3s seems not to be carc but rather the older field drab on the MERDC camo patterns.
 
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