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What I was talking about is there a percentile variance allowed in the FS 595 color standard. I realize that most military paint are produced to a Mil-Spec but that most likely is dealing with corrosion resistance, adhesion etc. What I was wondering about is there some one say from the DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) take a sample from a batch of 36231 from "Acme paint supply" and holds it against the color chip and says "Hmm its a little brownish but the standard says were allowed XX % so we are in the ballpark and stamps his acceptance on that batch.

When a paint company is trying to sell a paint to say the USAF, how much variation is allowed to the color chip provided in the FS 595? 5%,10%?? Just curious,,,,

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Good morning folks, looking for info on the NASA F-104N's. I believe they new builds delivered to NASA for chase duty. How different were they from "regular" F-104G's? I am interested in doing the natural metal bird with the orange tail and yellow orange "Arrowhead" on the forward fuselage. Was the orange just international orange or was it the day-glo type of orange? Also was there thin black stripes dividing the colored stripes on the wings? Thanks in advance.