Questions about mixing paint: Testors and MM?

[clovis]

I am trying to be really selective on the paint that I buy.

Can I mix Model Masters enamel with Testors enamel for brush on application?

I have an antique bottle of royal blue Testors, and would like to try to match the early Ford engine light blue by mixing the royal blue with MM white.

Thoughts?

Also, how do you mix your paints?

How do you decant the paint? Just pour it out into a container? Use an eye dropper?

What containers do you use for mixing?

Thank you in advance!!!!!

Edited May 7, 2013 by clovis

[Guest]

As long as they're both enamels, you shouldn't have a problem mixing them.

When I do mix paints, I just use a an empty bottle that I've cleaned out.

Your best bet may be to just go to the parts house and find a can of engine enamel in the color you want. A can will probably last a lifetime if you only paint engines with it. That's what I do for my engines. Make sure you primer your engine assembly before painting with it. Some engine enamels can be hot and craze the plastic.

Can't help with decanting. I never do it.

[Bluemiles22]

You can get 2 or 3oz glass jars with lids and gaskets from hobbylinc.com. I personally like the 3oz jars over the 2oz. To decant paint I just hold the jar at an angle and hold the spray nozzle down and spray right into the jar. It causes a little over spray so make sure your outside and don't forget to wear gloves. If your mixing colors start with your white, and add a couple drops at a time of your dark blue. I'm pretty sure that testors makes that color already so you may want to look into that.

[LoneWolf15]

Model Master produces your Ford Engine Blue color .

[Brett Barrow]

Mixing a dark blue with white will usually give you greyish blue because the dark blue has black in it.

[clovis]

  On 5/7/2013 at 10:32 PM, LoneWolf15 said:

Model Master produces your Ford Engine Blue color .

Okay, if I understand correctly the '64 Mustang had an engine painted lighter than what is typically known as 'Ford Engine Blue". Appears to be closer to a robin egg blue than a royal (?).

Either way, thanks!!!!

  On 5/8/2013 at 7:45 PM, Brett Barrow said:

Mixing a dark blue with white will usually give you greyish blue because the dark blue has black in it.

Do you think this will happen if I mix royal and white?

[LoneWolf15]

The color in the rack is a light blue .......

[Monty]

  On 5/8/2013 at 9:46 PM, clovis said:

Okay, if I understand correctly the '64 Mustang had an engine painted lighter than what is typically known as 'Ford Engine Blue". Appears to be closer to a robin egg blue than a royal (?).

I'm curious where you're getting your information. The '64 1/2 Mustang engine would've had a black block, gold valve covers and a gold air cleaner. '66 is the first year for blue Ford V8s and the Ford experts I've read say the paint formula varied slightly over the years.

Some people here say they've never seen a Ford engine in any of the darker blues, but that's what I grew up working on. In fact, Testors original #2727 Ford blue (released in the early '80s) is this shade. Somewhere along the line they changed the description to Ford/GM Engine Blue, a lighter shade.

If you're doing replica stock for a '64 1/2 - '65 'Stang, my 1st paragraph still stands. If not, get the Model Master #2727.

[Brett Barrow]

The 260 in 64 1/2 Mustangs were black with light blue valve covers and aircleaner. 289's had them in gold and Hi-Po 289's had them in chrome

[clovis]

Monty and Brett,

Thanks for the info!!! I appreciate it!!!!

[Monty]

  On 5/8/2013 at 11:07 PM, Brett Barrow said:

The 260 in 64 1/2 Mustangs were black with light blue valve covers and aircleaner.

Brett, do you have an authoritative link on this? I used to have about 10 years worth of various Mustang magazines around here from when I owned my '73, and none ever mentioned this combination.

Not being argumentative, just curious.