Baruopa
Jr Hunter
On several parts of the ESB helmet (pic related), you can see the primer. While just about every color on the helmet has been identified, most as Floquil Railroad colors, I've never seen someone mention the primer, but I feel it's a valuable conversation to have regarding the accuracy of paint ups as it is visible, it should be treated as the other colors.
The Floquil RR line did have a grey primer (top left on the sample card) in it, but it doesn't appear, at least from this swatch, to have the same bluish-greenish tint yhe primer here does.
I do understand though that the colors tended to vary a bit from batch to batch, so I won't rule out RR9. It makes the most sense, with the rest of the colors coming from the line, but I'm not sold on it as a color match. I've been digging around looking for vintage primers and I've found this one, Mr. Surfacer 500, which, in the bottle at least, looks to be a pretty good match, but I don't know enough about this stuff yet to make any solid claims, I know there are people on here who have spent years mulling through vintage paint.
I'm working on compiling a definitive paint-order for the ESB helmet, I'll post another thread when I'm through with the bulk of the research, but identifying the primer here is just about the last step, just wondering if anyone's already done it or might know what it could be. Thanks a ton.
The Floquil RR line did have a grey primer (top left on the sample card) in it, but it doesn't appear, at least from this swatch, to have the same bluish-greenish tint yhe primer here does.
I do understand though that the colors tended to vary a bit from batch to batch, so I won't rule out RR9. It makes the most sense, with the rest of the colors coming from the line, but I'm not sold on it as a color match. I've been digging around looking for vintage primers and I've found this one, Mr. Surfacer 500, which, in the bottle at least, looks to be a pretty good match, but I don't know enough about this stuff yet to make any solid claims, I know there are people on here who have spent years mulling through vintage paint.
I'm working on compiling a definitive paint-order for the ESB helmet, I'll post another thread when I'm through with the bulk of the research, but identifying the primer here is just about the last step, just wondering if anyone's already done it or might know what it could be. Thanks a ton.
