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I found the perfect shade at a model shop in those little Humbrol tins

Thanks for the input all. Jono, what was the colour called, "Dayglo Orange"?

Think it might have been Mike - I think I still have the little pot somewhere, will see if I can dig it out.

I do recall there was only one very obvious colour in the Humbrol range that 'worked'

....just checked and the tin bears the number '209' on the lid and '209 B7105' on the underside.

Great thanks, I'll get some and give it a try

Seems to be called fire orange and is flouorescent, lots of on line suppliers.

Thanks Steve, I've got the Humbol paint now so I'll try it today to check the match. My originals are faded of course so I don't expect an exact match.

mikealdren wrote:Thanks Steve, I've got the Humbol paint now so I'll try it today to check the match. My originals are faded of course so I don't expect an exact match.

You could of course repaint the original other ones as well.

I could but I'd have to take all the bezels off and risk breaking the tabs, just not worth the risk. My new oil pressure gauge (0-100psi electrical to suit my Zetec engine) looks new next to the other gauges anyway and the font on the text is different, I'll accept that.