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Red
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gauge needle paint

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picked up a bottle of model paint today that appears to be an almost perfect match for the gauge needles Testors # 1367 fluoresent orange. used it on the 68 gauges, looks good! I will post a pic soon.
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:Thumbsup good post red. i had forgotten about the testors paint. i used to use it on all my gauge resto's. the oragne you mentioned works great for the orange tone needles, and for the red tone needles, testors chevy engine red is close to the perfect match. :goodpost
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