The International Cessna 170 Association

Thank you Charlie
I sent you an hour ago an email on your email adress you had in the 2013's directory book ..
I'm forwarding you the email right now ..
Thanks !
Fred

Thank you Ryan !
I really appreciate your help .
I will try to contact him tomorrow .
Thanks again .
Fred

Gentleman , As some of you probably remember , i'm in the process of restoring a 1952 Model .( N2475D ) The plane was Serge Blue originally. To make it short . I found on line a beautiful picture of a polished C170 Serge Blue , N2548D. I found back the owner via the FAA registration .I contacted him...

Happy thanks Giving !! Oh shoot !!! I'm late or early for next year !

Fred

gahorn wrote:Prior to Cadmium plating they were simply painted black from the 1940s to the late 50s during the 172 production.

Thank You !

Here is my engine with it's new paint. I tried to match the picture in the original manual as close as possible (considering the picture was black and white). Rusty Morris N2935D Hi Rusty, I want seriously to congratulate for you plane ! Finally ! we have a first chance to talk via email together. ...

tps500 wrote:Fred,

The paint is Randolph enamel. Just mix with the Randolph thinner to shoot. I left the case out in the sun in the summer in Texas to bake it on a little. It has been 2 years and the paint still looks like I just painted it.

Tim

Thank you very much Tim!
I will call them this week .
Fred

All ,

Thank you very much for your time and support .,i will , for sure send you some pictures of the engine. I will post them in the topic I opened in he Hangar section under N2475D restoration .

Thank again !
Fred

OK, I found a picture, but it is hard to see the true color. It may be worth a call to Aircraft Technical Support. They were very helpful. The engine I did was an A65, and I bought a quart and some thinner, and I did two engines. The color was closer to the second picture. All of the pictures of Co...

With all the talk of original colors, with the different paint sources around, I would think that perhaps it would be best to match colors using Pantone matching system. At Horizon, we had a small scanner type device that was about the size of an optical tachometer for R/C airplanes that would scan...

I do ! Thanks for your nice comments !
Fred

I overhauled an engine a few years back and found this outfit in Ohio . They will mix the proper grey for you in Randolph enamel. http://www.aircrafttechsupport.com/ Tim Tim , I don't need to buy the paint from them as I have my own source for that but I just need to know the color . So if you did ...

So , is it the Dark grey on the second picture the right color tendency ?? More than the grey on the first picture ?.

And what about the manifold intake ?? Is it the same than the cylinders or the case ???

Ryan Smith wrote:Very nice work so far, Frederic! I'm anxious to see your updates to your project!

Thanks Ryan !

I think the rocker covers might have been silver at one point. I think that looks nicer than all black cyls/covers. Adds some contrast. I agree totally , it will be nicer , even , I will have loved to have them Chromed but it try to bring back this lady,as close,as possible to the conditions when s...