What Tamiya lacquer can is closest to Chrystler Cuourious Yellow or Citron Yella?

[Mike C.]

I'm looking at TS-97 Pearl yellow but I'm not sure if it is indeed Pearl.

[Dave Van]

OMHO Tamiya has nothing real close to the color you want. The Tamiya pearls are VERY transparent and thus need and base off a color coat. I tried paint a car bright green then yellow and got a OK 'shelf model' match. Good luck! 

[1972coronet]

GY3 shouldn't be difficult to find via Scale Finishes -- barring that, you can have an aerosol can of it made (that's what I did).

[Oldcarfan27]

It's not Tamiya, but Krylon Citrus Green is a perfect match to Curious Yellow. To my eyes anyway. 

[Mike C.]

That will do perfectly. Thanks Patrick. I'm gonna assume that stuff is enamel. Will it work when sprayed over this primer? I already shot the body with this.

 

Edited September 27, 2022 by Mike C.

[Oldcarfan27]

7 hours ago, Mike C. said:

That will do perfectly. Thanks Patrick. I'm gonna assume that stuff is enamel. Will it work when sprayed over this primer? I already shot the body with this.

 

Shouldn't be a problem. 

I painted a 71 Cuda this color and it struck me as perfect. The only issue I had was it kept drying a little gritty, so after it completely cured, I spent time color sanding it and polishing it out. Very durable and ended up becoming a gorgeous, smooth finish.

I was proud of it until I tried to put the black billboards on the side, which were translucent and cracked. Then I tried to fix them which made it worse. Back into the box until I can figure out what can be done to it.

But the color is excellent!!!

[Mike C.]

Thanks, and I like the color also. Even on a non-Mopar. I hit it with the Tamiya white primer first, then followed up wit 2 coats of the Krylon citrus green, then finished off with the Krolon neon orange. I think I'll just clearcoat the whole thing tomorrow.

 

[Mike C.]