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we should not get too freaky about the "real boeing grey". Although there is an official colour number for it, I have yet to see the inside of a 737 where all the panels match. I have several real panels from a 737 here...none of their colours match exactly and all have original boeing factory painting.
I have been in quite a number of NG's so far and even within a pedestal or MIP there are consideral differences to the shades used, depending on when the part was mounted. even 2 radios next to eachother sometimes have a different shade. I have even seen 737's with boeing brown parts.
So i think Bob's advice is very good in this: Take some of your panels to a painter and ask him to make a shade that matches your panels. Much better than the quest to find the `real boeing grey`
Stef
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I agree if you have a Boeing (or Airbus or Lockheed) panel and really want everything to match. I sort of like building a 30-something year old aircraft where I don't have to worry much about it.
However, just to throw a wrench into the works, Boeing paint colors also have a reflective standard for the panels. The only way to get this right is to take a panel and explain exactly the way it has to be, or it's a no-go.
If that's what you like, that is. I can tell you now from all of the Boeing panels I have of differing shades of 'Boeing Gray', all of them have the same reflectivity.
