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I just thought i'd share a pic or 2..

There is always a lot of talk about the correct RAL 7011 color used on the 737.

When i was getting the bezel of my RMI ready to paint I was sanding off the old finish and came across no less than 5 different layers of paint, all a different shade !.

This is just an example of how even the real thing can vary wildly in color, even though RAL codes supposed to be "industry Standard" colors.


(https://www.cockpitbuilders.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FXNXmdBp.jpg&hash=62dbff41822f7962e1f09aecd1890c79a4311318) (http://imgur.com/XNXmdBp)


(https://www.cockpitbuilders.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FelByl9h.jpg&hash=d131fcb5400e18c1ee30c738207ef1dd701d72fc) (http://imgur.com/elByl9h)



The point is not to lose sleep over a slightly different shade of color :)

Theres always color variation when you sand off the paint.

Not necessarily due different color layers.

Heres an example of what i got a time ago when i made some blank templates for my sim.

I painted with only one color layer and after that i sand the panel, with different grit grades and it came up with a lot of color variations, quite realistic though.

(https://www.cockpitbuilders.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy32%2Ftote_320%2FPedestalpanel_zps2f46785f.jpg&hash=67b63921782733788e18258108341849b1a0b32e)


I dont know if you could notice in this picture but it has the same effect, and only with one tone, they get very realistic with this process.
(https://www.cockpitbuilders.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy32%2Ftote_320%2Fapu-final.jpg&hash=3eca6012cd0e01e02c44068ab1c2ef6fc3eb0f9f)

I dont know if its the case, but sure you can get different color variations with sanding.

...Fifty Shades of Grey...

;-)