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Title: Curtis Colour
Post by: Gashead on March 24, 2009, 06:54 PM: Ok I have looked at this too many times now - Me and Dan (Superbikedan) teckon this is the same colour ! Or if not a million miles away !

Wgat do we reckon folks - any one know the correct RAL for the Curtis ??? And don't say ask Gashead :knuppel2:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa37/billybmxpurcell/powdercoating042.jpg)

(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/gashead69/Yellowcurtis.jpg)
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: daz bmx it! on March 24, 2009, 07:25 PM: I always thought it was the same as Ford Signal Yellow? what ever that is?
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: Gashead on March 24, 2009, 07:35 PM: Thanks Daz - that was as usfall as a chocolate tea pot ! :LolLolLolLol:

Does it look the same colour ???

It's not a tough question :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: daz bmx it! on March 24, 2009, 08:05 PM: :-[ yes ;)
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: bodamus on March 24, 2009, 08:26 PM: I don't think it looks the same it's not dark enough like my old Yellow one.

bodamus :-\
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: dannywhiteley on March 24, 2009, 08:28 PM: I was going to say, its close but the curtis in the pic below looks slightly darker, the top one looks more lemony. Only slightly but just about noticable. The curtis looks more like the old BT yellow.
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: Gashead on March 24, 2009, 09:04 PM: Ummm

I'm in two minds if I'm honest - First time I looked it was spot on!

Th more I look the Curtis is a tad more 'musturdy'
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: meticulous on March 24, 2009, 09:11 PM: miles out!!!................

kidding ya!

its difficult to tell with pictures, needs to be seen in the flesh, side by side, in daylight...

i would pass it though if it was one of my cokks.... ;)
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: superbikedan on March 24, 2009, 10:02 PM: i've gone through the ral yellows and nothing is nearer than ral 1023,

a pic of a colour can look so differant than it really is, it's hard but i still

think the two are the same :-\ ;D or roughly the same :)
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: superbikedan on March 24, 2009, 10:07 PM: another test for everyone on the colour, look at the handle bars in my pic then look below

under the rear brake of nicks pic, the light is showing them both looking the same shade/colour,

:)
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: dannywhiteley on March 24, 2009, 10:49 PM: Not far out to be fair, considering the lighting in both pics is different, i'd say prettymuch spot on :daumenhoch:

(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2669/yellowcurtis.jpg)
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: Gashead on March 25, 2009, 08:01 AM: Ok - through another stick in the spokes !

Dan can you work your magic with this pic against the GT !

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g243/gashead69/Mag.jpg)
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: stfc on March 25, 2009, 08:23 AM: leave it, i bet if you got 2 stock bikes from the factory way back,that were built 6 months or a year apart and put them together the colours would be different ....
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: telelogic on March 25, 2009, 10:21 AM: the Curtis looks a little richer in colour than the gt imho
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: Gashead on March 25, 2009, 10:33 AM: Quote from: stfc on March 25, 2009, 08:23 AM
leave it, i bet if you got 2 stock bikes from the factory way back,that were built 6 months or a year apart and put them together the colours would be different ....

I doubt it in this case - it was a hand built prototype !
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: meticulous on March 25, 2009, 11:18 AM: sometimes when you are trying to see a differance, you think you can, especially with differant angles,if its 98-99% right, then no one can get it any nearer without tinting the shade, sometimes its down to who mixed the paint and what paint manufacturer....
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: se-bmxer on March 25, 2009, 11:31 AM: FFS!!!!! Nick, Curtis is only down the road from you go in and see if they know or i'll ask him when i see him in a couple of weeks

you never know they might have records also there new colour for this year is a yellow which is very similar
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: aerostylie on March 25, 2009, 02:17 PM: Quote from: Gashead on March 24, 2009, 09:04 PM
Th more I look the Curtis is a tad more 'musturdy'

The BMX Freestyle magazine test refers to it as mustard, although no code shown in the spec.

The test said that the paint was expoxy (don't know what that means :crazy2:) rather than powder and seemed to chip easily, if you're into originality.
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: Gashead on March 25, 2009, 02:21 PM: Your correct Paul !

The trouble is - how far do you go in 'originality' - as you know Im Curtis fanatic and want to get this right, even if the colour is a shade out, but I guess close is close enough eh !
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: chichi on March 25, 2009, 07:08 PM: Quote from: aerostylie on March 25, 2009, 02:17 PM
Quote from: Gashead on March 24, 2009, 09:04 PM
Th more I look the Curtis is a tad more 'musturdy'

The BMX Freestyle magazine test refers to it as mustard, although no code shown in the spec.

The test said that the paint was expoxy (don't know what that means :crazy2:) rather than powder and seemed to chip easily, if you're into originality.

I have some colmans if ya need it at the Curtis stables?? :2funny:
Cannot wait to see the build ;)

Can't the man himself help Nick?
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: superbikedan on March 25, 2009, 07:52 PM: had another look through the colour charts today and maybe golden yellow is an option :)
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: neiljonarcus on March 25, 2009, 09:54 PM: maybe try a old bs chart

http://www.icomsps.co.uk/colour_chart.htm

or a even old 4800 chart

http://www.e-paint.co.uk/BS%20Colourchart.asp
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: aerostylie on March 26, 2009, 11:44 AM: Nick, pm sent re pdf link to the Curtis test from BMX Freestyle ;)
Title: Re: Curtis Colour
Post by: SOUTHBANK BOY on March 26, 2009, 05:42 PM: nick do you want me to take the curtis over to dan's so he can get it right :coolsmiley: