NARROWCASE MODELS PAINT - GOLD?

[Precizion]

Hi,

Anyone looking at my Mototrans 175TS, posted a couple of days ago, might be wondering about the "Gold" paint. Me too!! It is very unconvincing. Can anyone out there give a reference as to how to get the correct coulr mixed?

Alec ALexander (IOW)

[ranton_rambler]

Have a look at the Lechler codes - hopefully the link will work...I think RS Paints can mix the correct colours. I think the colour called "Rame" in the list is the copper/bronze colour used on early bikes.

Ian

http://www.lechler.eu/DesktopModules/Br ... ryId=42884

[Precizion]

Hi Ian,

Thanks for link. I contacted R.S. Paints and they can indeed match my Red paint from the Lechter archive. Not cheap (£100 per litre). Whether it is correct for my Mototrans 175TS is a question. Is there any info out there concerning the Mototrans bevel Drive paint variations?

Alec
Newbridge
IOW

[ranton_rambler]

I'm not any kind of expert as I only have one Ducati single - Italian built 175TS of indeterminate age.
There are folks on here and on the various FB groups that know more, but I think the early bikes were almost the same as the Italian built ones.
From the remnants of paint on mine, I think it was originally red and bronze but had been painted yellow and black at some point. I've gone for a blue and silver tank just because I like it, and the frame is pale grey which is not standard.

Ian

[Jon Pegler]

For the gold try BMW 388 Peach.
Much cheaper than the Lechler paint and available at any automotive paint supplier.

Jon

[PhilR]

Good info on the gold paint colour (BMW Peach??). Anyone know a modern equivalent paint code for the metailc blue (as used on the 125 Sport)?

[Jon Pegler]

The Kingfisher blue is very similar to Subaru 063.

Jon

[PhilR]

Thanks Jon..

[Geordie]

The Lechler paint code (mentioned above) for 'Rame' which is the gold colour is A17.

Vernici Spray produce A17 as 'Orange metallic'

https://www.vernicispray.es/14121216818 ... ge-met.jsp

Which on my screen is a close match to the original on my Mototrans elite.

I had ordered BMW 388 (mentioned above) from them;

https://www.vernicispray.co.uk/scheda_p ... _1900-2020

it has arrived but it is darker. Again, screen colour matches what has arrived (can't know that in advance)

Vernici sell a kit of the colour paint as 1K and a clearcoat as 2K.

If you want to use a BMW colour, Cayenne 520 looks a lot closer to my eye.

https://www.vernicispray.co.uk/11766215 ... ne-met.jsp

[Geordie]

One note of caution on my post above: the A17 is a Datsun/Nissan code for a 350Z. It is a happy coincidence that it appears to be close to DUC A17.