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JCB / Plant yellow

Post by Phil.P » Sat Jan 18, 2025 1:21 pm

Looking for suggestions for paints for construction machinery..
JCB yellow, which is possibly a little bit orange, is the type of thing I am after.

Has to be acrylic - as a catch-all term.

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Re: JCB / Plant yellow

Post by Peter Butler » Sat Jan 18, 2025 2:02 pm

How about Hycote Filler Primer with a matt lacquer? I have used this on some of my Rocket builds and it looks OK.
I don't have a JCB nearby to check it against.... sorry.
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Re: JCB / Plant yellow

Post by Phil.P » Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:17 pm

Peter, did you use that on your Hiab-type crane arm?
Or did that come straight off 'something else'?

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Re: JCB / Plant yellow

Post by Peter Butler » Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:14 pm

Sorry but I can't quite identify the Hiab type crane arm you describe, but I do have another example...
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This is possibly a better colour match in natural daylight.
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Re: JCB / Plant yellow

Post by Phil.P » Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:38 pm

Thank you Peter.

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Re: JCB / Plant yellow

Post by Scrat » Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:44 am

I found JCB yellow quoted as RAL 1007

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Re: JCB / Plant yellow

Post by Phil.P » Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:57 am

Thank you..

Why could I not find that? - Isn't the Interweb, sometimes annoying?

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Re: JCB / Plant yellow

Post by HugoFitz » Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:23 am

To be annoying there are actually two JCB "Yellows" and earlier more "Lemon Yellow" which was phased out around 1988 then they went for a more orange tone.

A quick search and I found these airbrush paints if that helps?

https://www.hiroboy.com/search?q=jcb

Acrylic (looks like the later colour)
https://www.cromwell.co.uk/shop/lubrica ... MB7015013M

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Re: JCB / Plant yellow

Post by Phil.P » Wed Feb 12, 2025 11:09 am

Excellent, thank you for taking the time to look.

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