[Boatanchors] Navy Gray

[Nick England]

Navy electronics changed gray shades around 1950.
The original OS-8/U
http://www.navy-radio.com/test/os8b-u-94.jpg
is much darker than the later OS-8C/U
http://www.navy-radio.com/test/os8c-u-01.JPG

I like Rust-Oleum Light Machine Gray for the lighter 50's-60's Navy radio gear
In this photo,
http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/shack/shack-pan27.JPG
 the bottom TTY unit was painted with Light Machine Gray - the other
TTY units are original Navy colors.

Rust-Oleum Smoke Gray works well for the late 40's darker gray color.
In this photo
http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/shack/shack-122.JPG
I painted the racks with Smoke Gray and the equipment is original
(some of it yet-to-be-cleaned nicotine brown)

Neither is a perfect match and a lot depends on the lighting, but
these seem to be pretty close.

cheers,
Nick K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Harry Vaught, KT4AE
<kt4ae at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Keep your laughs to yourselves.  This isn't a boatanchor but I imagine
> it's been around one.  I want to paint an OS-8 carrying case.
>
> Krylon sells a "Battleship Gray".  Is this color close?
>
> Like some of my Hallicrafters, the OS-8 case seems to have a green cast
> to it when you put a "pure" gray next to it.  Actually, the OS-8 is
> really close to the Hallicrafters color.
>
> It's not worth having the paint matched and buying a quart.
>
> Harry, KT4AE
> Maryville, Tennessee
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