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Okay so it got this 1/6th Kawasaki it’s an older kit but appears to be in decent shape. Had my eye on it for awhile but all the tires were bad. Finally found a good one 🙂

The instructions (in Japanese 🙁 ) call for a dark royal red which isn’t made by Tamiya, so i bought Tamiya Maroon and metallic red. The other Kawasaki 1/6th I did was Metallic red

but the box art on this one shows it much deeper red

I took a piece of white plastic and sprayed both sides with gloss black then metallic red on one side and maroon on the other, laid out it on the box. The photos dont show the colors quite right and as Much as I love the metallic color the maroon appears to be the closet match….here are some photos but they don’t accurately show he differences well. So here they are anyway…any input?

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All under different light :). Really hard to tell from the photos

@gblair thats funny George as the ones you picked are 2 different colors 🙂

Hi Cricket @bikequeen, it’s no good asking me as I’m colour blind. Just go for the one you like best.

Found a some net pics of a "low milage" used one, my friend @bikequeen...

http://suprememotos.com/kawasaki/168146-low-miles-1980-kawasaki-kz1300-b2-touring-one-fatherson-owner-from-new-kz1300b.html
Carrying the original color, it gives a good idea of how this "red" looks like.
I lean between 1,2 and 5, would probably choose 1

@johnb @fiveten @j-healy @gblair @chinesegeorge Thanks guys, I figured the pics would be useless but through them out there anyway. Maroon it is :). The metallic red albeit a great color is way to bright for this bike. Spiros I also did a search and found some nice examples one guy built this kit in bright red and it was just wrong 🙁

Even the color on the caps can be deceiving….so maroon it is and you can probably guess what my next build will be : )

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@bikequeen - I agree, the Maroon looks the best.

@gblair @brithebuilder @fiveten @johnb @j-healy @chinesegeorge

Yep Maroon works 🙂

Will start a new thread soon 🙂

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Yes, the maroon is excellent, my friend @bikequeen!