Subaru Rally Blue?

[ahr43]

Which of the below Tamiya rattle-can blues come closest to matching the blue Subaru uses on its rally cars?

PS-4 Blue
PS-16 Metal Blue
PS-30 Brilliant Blue
PS-59 Dark Metallic Blue

Think Kevin (aka Brandon's RC) did a Subaru in blue but cannot recall the thread. Thanks. 'AC'

 

[nino]

Find a Tamiya Subaru manual

 

[Xraycer]

Which of the below Tamiya rattle-can blues come closest to matching the blue Subaru uses on its rally cars?

PS-4 Blue
PS-16 Metal Blue
PS-30 Brilliant Blue
PS-59 Dark Metallic Blue

Think Kevin (aka Brandon's RC) did a Subaru in blue but cannot recall the thread. Thanks. 'AC'

Hey, @WickedFog !

 

[Doom!]

I think PS-16 Metal Blue is what most people use.

 

[Chubaka]

I have found the below links. Ts is for hard bodies, ps for polycarbonate.

https://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/forums/topic/61910-subaru-shell-colour/

https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/in...h-ts-paint-is-the-closest-to-subaru-wrc-blue/

 

[ahr43]

Thanks for the replies and links guys. RCT gang comes through again. PS-16 it is. Backed w/silver seems the link recommendations. Have a can and a half of PS-12 Silver. That should meet the back-up need.

Be shooting it inside on the Arrma Senton [clear] Short Course body. Never painted a SC body. Three 100ml cans enough? Or will it take four? Be using window mask, so won't need coverage for those areas.

Cheers. 'AC'

 

[WickedFog]

The guy I watch that does all the Tamiya builds did a Subaru WRX with PS-16. It looked a lot like Subaru's blue metallic, but I would probably back it with PS-35, just to add a little depth to it. As you can see, they have used lots of blues, so dealers choice here. At least they look a little different to me.

 

[bigbristv]

Three can should be more than enough. I did this with 1.5 cans. (FF to me painting the blue BMW w PS-16)