TeaJay Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Hey guys. I noticed on a separate thread that indylead was concerned about the SC TD that he received that was "black and white/pale gray" and he wasn't sure if it was kosher; original post here. The original thread started to move away from that subject into a different conversation, so I was hoping to get more clarification. Here's a photo of what was sent to me from SC, I'm thinking this is the same exact color that indylead received. I talked to a fellow TB last night and he said that I will most likely need to paint it all gray. What is everyone's thoughts? Is this going to get the 501st stamp of approval without the gray paintjob?
sibbel29 Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 I am ordering the sc set this week, so I am curious too😉 Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk
Griffin-X Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 Keep in mind nothing is 501st "approved" out of the box. The TD tube should be one color of grey. You can paint it one color, easy enough. From the CRL: Attached to the the back of the belt is a rectangular thermal detonator box with short grey corrugated hose. 1
TeaJay Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 Keep in mind nothing is 501st "approved" out of the box. The TD tube should be one color of grey. You can paint it one color, easy enough. From the CRL: Thank you sir. No worries. I will paint it tonight. 1
TeaJay Posted November 19, 2015 Author Posted November 19, 2015 Here it is painted. Just waiting for it to dry. I already attached one end to the TD so I taped it off.
bwattsup Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 That's a really dark grey. I would have used a much lighter shade.
Chunk Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 Thats too dark. Needs to be light gray. Similar to the snout & bolt color.
TeaJay Posted November 19, 2015 Author Posted November 19, 2015 Crap... that was the only color of gray that they sold at Lowes for plastics. :/
TeaJay Posted November 19, 2015 Author Posted November 19, 2015 I will have to go buy light gray somewhere. Man, big box stores like Lowes is just useless when you ask someone for help to color match.
zarintyr Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 mine. Just mixed black n white paint. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2
TeaJay Posted November 19, 2015 Author Posted November 19, 2015 I found proper light gray spray paint today at my local craft store. I went back to Lowes and returned the dark gray paint. I will post a picture of it repainted tonight. 1
TeaJay Posted November 20, 2015 Author Posted November 20, 2015 Repainted. Still drying but looks a lot better than before.
kayelbe Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Too late for you, but Testors Navy Aggressor Gray (FS36251) is a pretty good match to the Trooperbay decals, and is what I used on my snout and helmet bolts.
Rhaethe Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Just making sure ... is this an ok shade of gray? 1
Rhaethe Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 Looks good! Wonderful!!! It was such a pain to paint, am glad its good
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