Is it wrong??

[OldGriz]

OK, I have a '47 Canadian Vac coming with a blue diamond cap...

The blue diamond is worn away (like a lot I have seen), Da Book says you can redo the blue diamond with some blue model paint and can't tell it was ever worn away...

IS THIS WRONG??.... and if not, what color blue paint do you use.

[Elaine]

I don't think it's wrong. I've done it. I used Testors 1111 Dark blue. A while ago Richard said

"...I've seen enough NOS Vacs and "51's", including some with the early transparent enameled Blue Diamond as well as many with the later painted one, to be convinced that 1110 Blue is a better color"

 

If I'm not mistaken, I think at a later time he recommened mixing both the 1111 and the 1110. I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong!

[JimStrutton]

Griz,

 

If you are working on a "fixer up" with a common cap, then I would get out my finest painbrush and fill it in. If it was a rarer type of cap and the blue was only slightly worn then I don't think I would.

 

I have a GF Vac cap that was badly dented that I had restored and the blue diamond painted to finish the job off. At a distance the cap looks good enough to be put on fleabay as mint , but under a loupe you can still see the areas that have been rolled out to remove the dents.

 

Jim