Need Help repairing a family heirloom…

[Dan Hay]

So here’s the story… my dad built these two Hubley Duesenbergs in the late 70’s as a gift to my grandfather. These two cars sat on my grandparents’ mantle for over 40 years. My dad passed away of cancer 15 years ago. My grandpa passed away 4 years ago, and these Duesenbergs came to me. Needless to say they mean a lot to me. Recently they crashed to the ground and were damaged. I have been restoring them with donor kits. I was able also to re glue the custom acrylic case my dad made for them. I finished the phaeton and am working on the town car.
 

My problem is finding the matching tan color for the town car roof (it’s broken) . I know this is a long shot. But I think it’s a testors color. I know I’ve used this color before and thought it was model masters flat earth. But as you can see, I painted the convertible boot with flat earth and it is way off. Any ideas what the color might be?

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

2 beautiful models. Why not paint the roof and trunk with the flat earth?

[Dan Hay]

Because I like the color that’s on it better, and I’d like to try to restore it the best I can to the way my da built it.

[Plowboy]

That looks a lot like Tamiya AS-15 Tan. Here it is on an interior. 

 

[Tabbysdaddy]

Underneath all that dust is Testors tan.

[Don Sikora II]

If your dad built the car in the late '70s, there's and excellent chance it's a Testors color from the small square 1/4-ounce bottles so I'd start looking there. IIRC Model Master wasn't available in the Seventies and was introduced by Testors around 1983 or '84. Other possibilities would be old Pactra (they had a military line too) or Humbrol colors.

[espo]

Try looking at some of the colors offered by Tamiya. They offer a larger selection of Military colors as well that work well for interiors and convertible tops and they also usually have a flat finish. 

[Beans]

Tamiya has a pretty big variety of tans and desert colors.  It may not have originally been one of those but there are definitely very close matches.  

There are also about a billion different craft paint colors that could be used to match it very closely.  

[Dan Hay]

Good advice on Tamiya. They do have a wider variety and I'll probably get pretty close to the original. Close enough I don't have to repaint the interior or trunk to match.