Earnhardt Sr. #3 '92 Lumina

[bandit1]

Does anyone have any good detailed pics of the car for i am in the process of starting on the monogram kit and wondering exactly what red the chassis is and what exact black the body is and how to go about detailing it out thanks

Also i will be adding a wip pics or video to this thread so it will be a WIP thread here after bit once i get some work done and some intel collected...

Edited April 6, 2017 by bandit1
wanted to make sure it was a WIP not a WANTED thread

[hgbben]

From what i've found, the chassis and cage are a fire engine red and the body is a gloss black. I used Tamiya spray cans

[bandit1]

From what i've found, the chassis and cage are a fire engine red and the body is a gloss black. I used Tamiya spray cans

i had another Earnhardt kit that said just that to paint it engine red... Im taking Chevy Engine red is to Orange?

I did have another fire engine red but it dried up... Ill see what i can find laying around and see what i can do... thanks

[Belugawrx]

I think I used Victory Red Duplicolour, and just plain old black Duplicolor 

I use that red on everything lol

[kitbash1]

i had another Earnhardt kit that said just that to paint it engine red... Im taking Chevy Engine red is to Orange?

I did have another fire engine red but it dried up... Ill see what i can find laying around and see what i can do... thanks

Use Chevy Engine Red. That's what RCR used. 

[bandit1]

Use Chevy Engine Red. That's what RCR used. 

So they actually use Chevy Red? GREAT... I already have that color...

[james460]

Chevy engine red is correct.

[Brett Barrow]

Yup.  They're definitely an orangey-red

Later on in the 90's they switched to gray like everybody else.  

 

 

[bandit1]

Update Via Youtube video:

Sad the last video deleted itself or something

 

[horsepower]

Yup.  They're definitely an orangey-red

Later on in the 90's they switched to gray like everybody else.  

 

 

They used the gray interiors on the restrictor plate cars only. All other car were still the red, on Dales cars anyway.

[mikemopar70]

to my knowledge the correct color is chevy engine orange, testors is offring it in enamel as ell as acrylic...

[NautyRcon]

The correct paint color code is a GM Number

WA7753

It is their orange/red blend that is the exact color match for the GM Goodwrench #3 Frame and Interior

[Brandon Miller]

RCR Dale Sr chassis were actually painted Ford Poppy Red. This has been documented by Dale Jr and Childress.

[Johnny Canuck]

Sources?

[Brandon Miller]

14 hours ago, Johnny Canuck said:

Sources?

This is just one time Jr has talked about it. He's discussed it many times on his podcast. RC has talked about it as well. 

 

https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/1290731266183245828?t=zyXWEeVJ2d4cha_xLQCc8Q&s=19

[Johnny Canuck]

 

Good info. Thanks for sharing.

[horsepower]

On 4/10/2017 at 7:53 AM, bandit1 said:

i had another Earnhardt kit that said just that to paint it engine red... Im taking Chevy Engine red is to Orange?

I did have another fire engine red but it dried up... Ill see what i can find laying around and see what i can do... thanks

The red that RCR used on the Goodwrench cars had a lot of orange in it, I think that Ford Poppy red from the late '60s Mustangs is very near the exact color and the black was a generic BASF code that was mixed up in the RCR paint shop with their own in house mixing station that before the wraps became popular every fairly large shop owned.