Dirty Mary Crazy Larry Charger color?

[slusher]

Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry Charger color ?  Is there a can spray that’s close to the movie car?

[Tom99]

The subject of debate for many fans of "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" and Dodge Chargers is the color of the car used in the film. The color of the Charger is a 1971-only Chrysler Corporation color "Curious Yellow" / "Limelight" (GY3), which is a light greenish-yellow color.

[Dave Van]

There was a website out there that had a story about the film being 'color corrected' and making the car on film a slightly different color than the real car was. So it depends on what you want....a model of the car as it would appear  in person or on film.  I built one tears ago before we had a good tunnel back Charger. I used Testors bug yellow with a little green;

 

When R2 brought out there snap Charger I built another Dirty MAry Charger. It was painted with Tamiya light green and then yellow. It works for me.

 

 

[Casey]

2 hours ago, Tom99 said:

 "Curious Yellow" / "Limelight" 

Curious Yellow (Plymouth) and Citron Yella (spelled correctly, Dodge) are GY3 while Sublime (D) and Lime Light (P) are code FJ5.

Use whichever yellow you feel looks closest.

[Oldcarfan27]

I found a Kylon spray in Home Depot that looks a lot like Curious Yellow. 

It's called Citrus Green.

Only problem is the paint needs to be decanted and airbrushed, otherwise it seems to dry grainy. It can be polished, but it's an unnecessary chore that's best bypassed.

Good color match though. 

[slusher]

Thanks guys, I have no air brush but plenty off parts from kits to try colors on. I am always open to suggestions..

[marv13]

what wheels are those? 

[NOBLNG]

 Old post, but that Krylon looks close.

[SfanGoch]

On 12/12/2020 at 8:07 AM, Tom99 said:

The subject of debate for many fans of "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" and Dodge Chargers is the color of the car used in the film. The color of the Charger is a 1971-only Chrysler Corporation color "Curious Yellow" / "Limelight" (GY3), which is a light greenish-yellow color.

Citron Yella and Curious Yellow are the same color and shared the same Chrysler paint code (Y3). Lime Light/Sublime/Sub Lime (J5) was only available in 1970 and is not the same as Y3.

I read your reply, Casey.

 

 

Edited October 29, 2021 by SfanGoch

[Oldcarfan27]

59 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

 Old post, but that Krylon looks close.

Isn't that a CGI of the car? Not sure how accurate this is.

But using clips from the movie, regardless of what the real color is, it looks like Curious Yellow to me.

[slusher]

On 12/12/2020 at 8:40 AM, Dave Van said:

There was a website out there that had a story about the film being 'color corrected' and making the car on film a slightly different color than the real car was. So it depends on what you want....a model of the car as it would appear  in person or on film.  I built one tears ago before we had a good tunnel back Charger. I used Testors bug yellow with a little green;

 

When R2 brought out there snap Charger I built another Dirty MAry Charger. It was painted with Tamiya light green and then yellow. It works for me.

 

 

What kit did you use for this build, Dave!

Edited October 30, 2021 by slusher

[marv13]

On 12/12/2020 at 9:40 AM, Dave Van said:

There was a website out there that had a story about the film being 'color corrected' and making the car on film a slightly different color than the real car was. So it depends on what you want....a model of the car as it would appear  in person or on film.  I built one tears ago before we had a good tunnel back Charger. I used Testors bug yellow with a little green;

 

When R2 brought out there snap Charger I built another Dirty MAry Charger. It was painted with Tamiya light green and then yellow. It works for me.

 

 

what wheels are these?

[Dave Van]

IIRC those wheels came from the Starsky and Hutch Torino.......that or parts box......either way American Slots.

[kruleworld]

I've painted mine several times with a custom mix of Tamiya acrylics and i always think it comes out too green. 

DSCF8491 by aus_mus, on Flickr

Edited October 29, 2021 by kruleworld

[Oldcarfan27]

Curious Yellow is a very curious color. In some lights it looks green and in bright daylight it looks yellow. 

The Krylon paint captures this effect pretty well. I used it on a 71 Cuda I built and it matches all references I've seen.

[Can-Con]

This Rabbit is painted with Curious Yellow I had mixed at a local parts store that mixes paint. 

Here is is during building under different light. A lot more yellow.

[slusher]

7 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Curious Yellow is a very curious color. In some lights it looks green and in bright daylight it looks yellow. 

The Krylon paint captures this effect pretty well. I used it on a 71 Cuda I built and it matches all references I've seen.

Most of the movie it looked yellow to me so I going with yellow..

[doorsovdoon]

Looks very close to an old British Leyland colour called Applejack.