This thread https://forums.rocketshoppe.com/showthread.php?t=18867

sent me down some rabbit holes, including the one about color.

Best I can reason, after doing a bunch of research, is that the orange on the Aerobee-Hi NRL-41 airframe in 1957 was most likely FS 28915 / ANA 634.

Several model paint companies used to make the FS 28915 / ANA 634 color, but they are almost all discontinued. I did find someone in Italy with nine 14mL cans of the Humbrol enamel left to sell. But that would be really expensive, not a lot of paint, and I don't know what condition it will be in or how old it really is at this point.

There's also "True North Paints," but at $6 per 16mL and $11 freight, that's considerably worse than getting it out of Italy.

Trying to figure out what color orange paints really are on the internet starts to seem like a stupid waste of time very quickly, as looking up four images of things painted with a specific paint will show you seven different colors. Digital cameras, monitors, etc. apparently suck at capturing and reproducing oranges accurately. Even going brick and mortar, caps rarely actually match the paint color. Hence the racks at mega hardware stores around here widely being used as test panels.

Currently looking at various Allis Chalmers tractor paints and Duplicolor 1620 Chevy Orange or 1607 Chevy Red-Orange. Tamiya TS-12 and TS-31 are also candidates, but photos of things said to be painted with either of those vary widely in color. And these all lack the flourescent, which is an obvious problem.

Have looked at a few "flourescent orange" colors, but they all look to be too red or too pumpkin orange, so far.

Just wondering if any of the scale nerds around here happen to know of an off-the-shelf, reasonably useable spray paint that is as close as you can reasonably get. Not trying to compete in a scale contest, just trying to tip my hat to the original as fairly as possible.

This might be helpful . . .

https://www.crosslinkpaints.com/Fed...h-Up-Paint.html

FS 28915

https://www.crosslinkpaints.com/sea...p?keyword=28915

Dave F.

MSDS Sheet : https://www.crosslinkpaints.com/ass...Enamel-MSDS.pdf

PRODUCT DATA Sheet : https://www.crosslinkpaints.com/ass...-Enamel-TDS.pdf

Dave F.

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	FederalStandard595C.pdf (142.5 KB, 6 views)
	FS 595c Color - Hobby Paint Table.pdf (291.4 KB, 4 views)
	37211643-fs595b.pdf (1.01 MB, 3 views)

That is definitely a source. $20 for shipping a spray can, but I'll have to keep it on the list. Thanks for the info.