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Topic starter
17/10/2017 4:39 am
PICS. Back to BML24 and colour
These are photos of the actual car which is the subject of the latest Brooklin. Its still a substantially different colour to the Brooklin (lighter), but nothing like the Cordoba Gray on the colour chip below. Anybody throw anymore light on it?
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17/10/2017 5:09 am
The grass and the trees look a bit light too, no? Perhaps it's computer resolution?
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
17/10/2017 5:24 am
I thought I did in two earlier posts. This color is more like the real thing, more grey in it and less tan. In my 48 years with the Early Ford V8 Club I have seen several original paint cars in Cordoba Grey and this 1:1 is in the right hue.
I still think that it's a shame Brooklin didn't get the wheel hubs and spoke placement correct on an other wise fine looking model for proportions.
17/10/2017 5:32 am
I think the Cordoba Gray is simply a name, as the color is a beige
I have seen color samples that are more gray and more beige, but in model form, it always seem more beige. Here a couple of examples I have...
This is a '35 from RexToys, it is Cordoba Gray
and a 1:24 model form Danbury Mint, also in Cordoba Gray
of course the lighting is different for each model and so is the color when side by side, unfortunately I don't have a photo of them together.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
Topic starter
17/10/2017 6:04 am
The colour on your models John do replicate that on the real Ford, but the Brooklin is darker. This may become more obvious when the models arrive in the US, if they haven't already
17/10/2017 6:28 am
I haven't seen the model, but do hope to order it very soon.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
17/10/2017 6:31 am
Change that... just did. I haven't any '34 Ford models in my collection.
So I am very interested in having this one in hand.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
17/10/2017 1:21 pm
There is one 1934 Ford model, by Design Studio.
But it's a street rod:
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Too bad MC didn't release this as a stock '34. But this version has one of the smoothest paint finishes I have ever seen on a 1/43.
19/10/2017 11:57 am
A very nice looking model Harv.
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
20/10/2017 8:11 am
Another thought..that car is 83 years old and unrestored.
So, 83 years of weather will have faded the paint somewhat. I'm not 83 yet and I've definitely faded.